Blog Posts

Short essays for general audiences, published in Notes from the Miller Center.

The citizenship fallacy

April 3, 2026. Why Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship is fundamentally wrongheaded. The 14th Amendment was written precisely to override Dred Scott; conflating birth tourism with the children of undocumented residents misreads both the law and the demography. → Read on Substack

Stop talking down the dollar

February 17, 2026. A strong dollar is not just a symbol of American power — it is central to our global dominance. Policies that weaken the dollar for short-term export gains erode the financial and military leverage the United States derives from reserve-currency status. → Read on Substack

Spanberger chooses evidence, not spectacle

January 19, 2026. By rescinding Virginia’s 287(g) agreement, the governor prioritized tangible safety over political theater. The empirical record shows mandatory federal immigration cooperation drains local resources and undermines community trust without reducing crime. → Read on Substack

What the Trump Administration means by “remigration”

December 2, 2025. “Remigration” is not a synonym for deportation. It is a term imported from European far-right movements that frames immigration enforcement as a project of demographic and cultural reversal, and the administration’s adoption of it marks a shift in kind, not degree. → Read on Substack