Even with the plight of immigrants very much in the news these days, it was a surprise to me when I read this article out of Anchorage, AK with this paragraph:
'The "golden door" is part of the welcoming inscription at the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. But it's Canadian Gordon Lightfoot's lyrics that come to mind in the immigration upheaval: "And the house you live in will never fall down if you pity the stranger who stands at your gate."'
What is amazing to me is that - even among Lightfoot fans - it is not all that well known that "The House You Live In" is about US immigration policy. (Did somebody say that Gord writes timeless lyrics?). I have always known, but not because of any particular insight. When Gord toured in support of Summertime Dream, he usually introduced the song by saying what it was about. And that is how I first heard the song, and why I have always known.
That Anchorage newspaper has a devoted Lighthead on its staff!
The full story is here:
http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/7688798p-7600223c.html
(second story down, Golden Door)