They are changing America by changing the people
Update Jan. 28th: Judy posted more information on the Bates College study here. Four days ago I posted on a story from Newsweek that said the economy was booming in Lewiston, ME because of the huge Somali immigrant population. Well get this, the AP is reporting today that more than half of the Somalis in … Continue reading I knew it! Newsweek did not tell the whole truth about Lewiston Somalis
Update Jan. 24th: Thanks to Mars for sending this update. I knew it couldn’t be true and now comes an article from the local paper about the disappointment the residents feel about the very incomplete picture Newsweek has painted of the town. Will post more in a little while. Here is my post. Update Jan. 21st: … Continue reading Newsweek: Somalis save Lewiston, ME by bringing population growth
Update Jan. 17, 2009: I notice that the Conservative Voice has merged with Townhall.com and the link for the article by Brian Ball is gone. The Somali experiment in Lewiston, Maine continues to cause friction and some Somalis are moving on (although from the article I posted on a couple of weeks ago there are … Continue reading More on Lewiston’s Somali situation: spreading them around and accommodating
It used to be that if you wanted to take a Christian mission trip to help impoverished Africans you went to Africa. But, heck why spend the money on airfare when you can do the same thing right here—in Lewiston, ME. Here is an article about an Exeter, NH church group that hopped a bus and drove a … Continue reading Church group takes mission trip to Lewiston, ME to give love to Somalis
A few days ago I posted on the Mohammed poster in Lewiston, ME and I’m seeing this morning that it is quite a hot topic on other blogs. Despite some criticism I got for saying people of good will should condemn this act, I’m sticking with that. Obviously, I see the enormous frustration building in … Continue reading More thoughts on Lewiston “mad dog poster”