Walls are not the solution on immigration
1. 41-vehicle wreck ties up traffic Sunday on I-81 in Rockbridge County
2. Virginia Tech football roster has holes on picture day
3. Medicare penalties hit hospitals in Roanoke, New River Valleys
4. Microfestivus beer event gets downtown Roanoke hopping
5. McFarling: 2 little numbers are a big hurdle for Virginia Tech football
6. Arrest made in case of missing Nelson County teen
7. DAN CASEY: Copter cost still stirring up dust
8. Roanoke farmers markets making local foods more accessible
9. Virginia attorney general's office grows under Ken Cuccinelli
10. Man's drowning is 5th in Lynchburg area
Sunday, June 30, 2013
“Those who refuse to learn from history are condemned to repeat it”
George Santayana
After following the immigration debate in Congress, I am struck by the sense we can secure our borders to stop illegal border crossings. Did all of the people in Congress forget recent history?
The Berlin Wall or the Iron Curtain failed against a determined population. Those barbed wire walls were reinforced with mine fields and machine gun towers and did not work.
Does Congress expect a softer version of it to work now? We are now hearing proposals to spend billions of dollars on a boondoggle to make the new Southern Iron Curtain.
How long will it take before we hear, “Mr. Obama, tear down this wall”?
MIKE MORRIS
ROANOKE
1. 41-vehicle wreck ties up traffic Sunday on I-81 in Rockbridge County
2. Virginia Tech football roster has holes on picture day
3. Medicare penalties hit hospitals in Roanoke, New River Valleys
4. Microfestivus beer event gets downtown Roanoke hopping
5. McFarling: 2 little numbers are a big hurdle for Virginia Tech football
6. Arrest made in case of missing Nelson County teen
7. DAN CASEY: Copter cost still stirring up dust
8. Roanoke farmers markets making local foods more accessible
9. Virginia attorney general's office grows under Ken Cuccinelli
10. Man's drowning is 5th in Lynchburg area
THE ROANOKE TIMES
