SAMUEL HUNTINGDON, WRONG AGAIN
What is it that makes Samuel Huntingdon tick? He can come up with very catchy theses, which work their way into the headlines and make him famous. I think the "clash of civilizations" argument was pretty thoroughly wrong; the last time he got it right, I think, was when he identified the "third wave of democratization." Robert Kaplan once told Huntingdon he was a "conservative Democrat" (the kind that doesn't exist anymore) and Huntingdon agreed to the characterization.

Anyway, he's gotten it wrong again about Hispanics. I just skimmed this; better to read David Brooks' refutation. I'm proud to say that on the pole opposite Huntingdon stands Bush, who believes neither in the clash of civilizations-- he thinks Muslims can make good Democrats if we just give them a chance-- nor in the Hispanic threat-- he sees Hispanics as honest, hard-working, and welcome.