Daniel Henninger Brainfarts on the Wall Street Journal's Editorial Page

I have read the Wall Street Journal's editorial page for about three decades now. I almost always find myself in agreement with them, except when it comes to the issue of fixed vs. floating exchange rates, or the current hot topic: illegal immigration. Today, editorial writer Daniel Henninger whines about the criticism he has received from his advocacy of open borders, and then proceeds to say something really false and stupid:

The American "community" taking matters into its own hands, the vigilantism of the Minuteman Project, went out of fashion in the U.S. about 50 years ago.

First of all, Dan, the Minuteman Project is not vigilantism. All that the Minutemen are doing is sitting at observation posts on the border with binoculars, and calling the Border Patrol when they see someone trying to enter illegally. Do you believe there is something wrong with notifying the authorities when you witness a crime? As for taking matters into our own hands, there are no plans to do that at the moment. But if the idiots in Washington refuse to listen to the majority of the American people, who feel that the proposed amnesty for illegals is a bad idea, then there may come a day when we must do just that. We could start by recalling every senator or congressman who votes in favor of amnesty.