The Census Bureau just issued population data compiled from last year's national decadal census. The data reveals that the Hispanic population has grown much faster than anticipated. The reasons attributed are birthrate and immigration - both legal and illegal. I can already see some readers frothing at the mouth: the word ‘danger' appears in the title of an article citing a drastically increased percentage of Hispanic residents in the US - ergo, the author is a racist. I hope that a careful reading of what follows will allay that fear. In one decade, the Hispanic population of the US has surged by 43% and now numbers over 50 million. Projections are that by midcentury the white population will decrease to less than 50% and the Hispanic population might top one-third. So what! As long as the new and recent Hispanic immigrants buy into the American philosophy of freedom, rule of law and limited government, they will melt into American society and the grand American...(Read Full Post)