border patrol and local law enforcement officials to keep upnwith it in many areas. Howard Ezell, western regionalncommissioner for the INS, said last November that “Thensituation is dangerously out of control.” Ezell recentlynauthorized the construction of a concrete barrier to helpnblock a five-mile stretch of the border at Otay Mesa, nearnSan Diego, where alien and narcotics smugglers have beenndriving into our country in big vans. He has joined thenchorus of voices calling for the creation of a cleared stripnalong the border, where nothing could be built. Evennmoderate Republican Senator Pete Wilson has broachednthe idea of establishing a military presence along ournsouthern border, a proposal that enjoys widespread publicnsupport.nThe economic and social problems associated with whatnamounts to virtually unrestricted immigration are symptomaticnof the deeper malaise that seems to affect our society.nAmericans no longer hold common interests and outlooks.nThe long-cherished ideal of assimilation, which was feasiblenas long as we were people with shared traditions andnculture, is giving way to what Brent Nelson identifies in hisnessay “Assimilation: The Ideal & the Reality” as “corporatenpluralism,” where individual meritocracy is replaced byngroup rewards. The “Rainbow Coalition” championed bynDemocratic presidential contender Jesse Jackson illustratesnwhat seems to be a trend. Among Hispanic activists, there isnopen support for separatist movements springing up in thensouthwestern United States. At the National ChicanonStudent Conference held last April at the University ofns.fws-‘n„;.^,^-.s^-‘n$b.9dnlAISSEZ BMRE BQCXSnOrder ‘TS4I20nORDER TOLL-FREEn1-800-238-2200next 500nContinental U.S.n• 24 hours a day •n• 7 days a week •nColorado, Devon Pena, a professor of sociobiology, proclaimed,n”White, male America is desperate to conserve itsnpower. The Third World is coming home to the First Worldnand the political and cultural landscape will never be thensame.”nPerhaps America will weather the storm. We may practicallynapply the rule laid down by James Madison in hisnfamous report on immigration to the First Congress andn”Welcome every person of good fame that really means tonincorporate himself into our society, but repel all who willnnot be a real addition to the wealth and strength of thenUnited States.”nBut that seems less and less likely. Many Americans havenalready abandoned our major metropolitan areas, which, asnRichard Lamm has noted, are becoming populated by thendesperately poor and criminal classes. Now they are startingnto flee parts of Florida, Texas, and California that havenespecially heavy concentrations of Hispanic and Asiannimmigrants.nThe probable outcome of the process of social, cultural,nand political disintegration—of which our immigrationnpolicies are a part—was suggested by Andrew Hacker in hisnbook The End of the American Era (1970): “The UnitednStates is about to join other nations of the world which werenonce prepossessing and are now littie more than plots ofnbounded terrain. Like them, the United States will continuento be inhabited by human life; however, Americans willnno longer possess that spirit which transforms a people intona citizenry and turns territory into a nation.”nShatterii^ The MythsnOf MarxismnFor those familiar witti Marxian theory, Thomas Sowell’s lively book shattersnexisting interpretations based on repetition instead of scholarship. For the unitiated,nit is a lucid, step-by-step introduction to the subject.nA sampler of the provocative points tliatnmake MARXISM a splendid read:n• Why Marx’s ringing use of the termn”capitalism” was “something of a verbalncoup.”n• Why “Marxism was — and remains — anmighty instrument for the acquisitionnand maintenance of political power.”n• How Marxists speak boldly “in the namenof the workers without their consentn[but] in defiance of their contrary viewsnand actions.”n”There are many books on Marxism, butnthis is one of the best.” —Library Journaln”… an extraordinarily lucid and carefullynreasoned book….”n—Professor Douglas C. North,nWashington UniversitynMONEY BACK GUARANTEE:nIf for any reason you are dissatisfied with anynbook, just return it within 30 days for a refund.nSend your order to:nLAISSEZ FAIRE BOOKS Dept CAQn532 Broadway, New York, NY 10012n• Please send me copies of Thomas Sowell’snMARXISM: Philosopliy and Economics for onlyn$6.95 each plus $1.00 postage and handUng, orn$2.00 UPS ($2.00 for foreign orders). NY Statenresidents add appropriate sales lax.nn Send me your FREE 32-page catalog of booksnon liberty.n• My check or money order is enclosed for $nO Please bill my D Visa D MasterCardnAcct. No.nExpir. DalenSignaturenName {Please Print)nCity/Slate/Zip . unnnAUGUST 1987 / 21n