ALIEN NATION

Personal log: So even though Rod and I have squared off on occasion about illegal immigration, the truth is the whole issue is a lot bigger than either simplistic extremes of A) “Deport them all; they’re taking our jobs!” and B) “Amnistía ahora!” (Though I’d be delighted to trade a few million of our native-born welfare cases for a few million hardworking Mexicans and a Southern California township to be named later.) Anyhow, had a conversation with a neighbor who takes position A. And I mean aggressively. Which, you know, fine. But then I asked him if he’d checked the papers on the crew who were weeding his lawn and cleaning his flower beds this weekend. IJS.