The crisis du jour, outside of the eternal mess of the Middle East, is the arrival of thousands upon thousands of children on the doorstep of the United States.
With bleak economic conditions and violence in their streets, central American families are giving their children up, sending them off to be abandoned at the border of the United States.
More than 50,000 children so far this year, which in and of itself is a mind boggling number. Our response, of course, is the usual. From some quarters, the usual ones, there have been calls for crackdowns. More border patrols! More security! Take the hard line! That appears to be the course we're on, but it's a problematic one.
