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The Tough Get Going
 The Economist
The new president has sent the army after the drug mobs. More importantly, he has started to reform the police. He took office as Mexico's president only on December 1st, but Felipe Calderón has lost no time in putting pressure on the country's powerful drug gangs.
The Tiniest President
 William Rivers Pitt
George W. Bush delivered his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, and nobody gave a damn. There was, to be sure, keen public interest directed at Bush's audience for the speech, mostly focused on the woman sitting behind and above him.
Speaking Out Now Against the Iraq Disaster Is Too Little, Too Late
 Cynthia Tucker
Only in the movies, it turns out, do the good guys - the courageous, self-sacrificing types - get the glory. In the real world, they get hammered.
Aid to Mexico Helps U.S., Too
 Dallas Morning News
When a Peruvian federal judge was gunned down as he lunched with a nephew near his office last summer, his murder was a big wake-up call about the power of Mexican drug cartels.
Cheney's Dead-Enders
 Laura Rozen
The US vice president's vision of a "unitary executive" - otherwise known as the imperial presidency - will almost certainly be challenged by congressional oversight committees, and perhaps by the courts.
The Next 100 Hours
 William Rivers Pitt
Something really weird is going on here. All of a sudden, the folks in Congress are behaving as if they actually represent ... well ... the people. Aren't they supposed to be hauling water for President Bush?
A Security Fence Along the Mexican Border would have Financial, Environmental Costs
 McClatchy-Tribune
The logistical boondoggle of erecting a fence along part of the U.S.-Mexico border now extends to finances and the environment.
Going in Circles: Vietnam, Iraq, Calls for Impeachment
 Steve Hammons
The recent passing of former President Gerald Ford reminds us of the idea that, in sometimes unusual ways, events in life seem to move in circles and patterns. Ford entered the presidency when US involvement in Vietnam was deemed a lost cause and the American people and Congress demanded an end to the bloodshed.
An Unrealized Dream of Justice
 James Carroll
The memory of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has never had more urgent relevance than it does today. America is at a crossroads moment, much as it was when he was murdered.
There's Hope in the Anti-Drug War
 Carlos Luken
Mr. Calderón has increased Mexico's military budget by a momentous 20 percent, and used 3,000 soldiers, marines and federal police officers to try to restore law and order. What makes this crusade different?
Bush's Speech Sets Stage for Showdown With Congress
 Matt Renner
Nearly four years after the United States invaded Iraq and after the deaths of more than 3,000 US soldiers, President Bush has admitted his Iraq plan was flawed and has been unsuccessful.
Past Time for Bush to Get Real on Iraq
 NYTimes
We’ve been down this road before. This time, it has to be different. There have been too many times that President Bush has promised a new strategy on Iraq, only to repeat the same old set of failed approaches and unachievable objectives.
Guantanamo's Cost to Our Humanity
 Retired Colonel Ann Wright
January 11, 2007, will mark the fifth anniversary of the first detainees to be imprisoned in the US military prison at the US Naval Base, Guantanamo, Cuba.
The Illegal-Alien Positioning System
 Washington Times
So, it's come to this: The Mexican government is considering giving would-be illegal border crossers access to the Global Positioning System for safety reasons. That's right: GPS gadgets for illegals.
New Oil Law Means Victory in Iraq for Bush
 Chris Floyd
The reason that George W. Bush insists that "victory" is achievable in Iraq is not that he is deluded or isolated or ignorant or detached from reality or ill-advised. No, it's that his definition of "victory" is different from those bruited about in his own rhetoric and in the ever-earnest disquisitions of the chattering classes in print and online.
Civil Rights Abuse in Mexico of Concern to All
 Bob & Betty Press
Mexico has always been proud of its image as a democratic state. But clearly Mexico has overstepped the bounds of legal responses to protests, abused human rights, and made a mockery of the rule of law with its abusive tactics.
Another Flight From Reality by President Bush
 Joseph L. Galloway
President Bush in a few days will present the results of his painful month-long examination of the options for continuing his mistaken adventure in Iraq, but there's little evidence that he's discovered any new way forward.
Covering Their Faces in Order to be Seen
 John Gibler
They had to cover their faces to be seen. This was the explanation for why thousands of indigenous rebels continued to wear black ski masks long after the gun battles stopped and talks with the government began 13 years ago.
An Unbelievable Gift
 Laurent Joffrin
Three years after an operation that should have served as an example for the entire Middle East, the legal murder of Saddam further deepens disorder and discredits a little more those American troops who came as liberators and changed into occupiers.
Impeachment: A Note of Caution
 Joel Wendland
The impeachment of President Bush has become an important issue. For some people on the left, impeachment has even become a litmus test for the "true" progressive.
A Dictator Created Then Destroyed by America
 Robert Fisk
Saddam to the gallows. It was an easy equation. Who could be more deserving of that last walk to the scaffold - that crack of the neck at the end of a rope - than the Beast of Baghdad?
Doing the Right Thing in Los Tres Palos
 Campbell Webster
The present day U.S. invasion of Iraq may one day look just as ridiculous as Maximilian's short-lived rule. For they are striking in their similarity: Both Maximilian I and Bush II appear to have concluded that their own system of government is what the invaded country required.
Let's Toast to Ten Good Things About 2006
 Medea Benjamin
As we close this year on the low of a devastating conflict in Iraq and a president contemplating sending yet more troops to fight and die in an unwinnable war, let us not forget that it was a year of many positive gains for the progressive movement.
Our Founding Illegals
 William Hogeland
Every nation is a nation of immigrants. The immigrant experience in the United States is justly celebrated, and perhaps no aspect of that experience is more quintessentially American than our long heritage of illegal immigration.
New Year's Utopianism Needed Fast
 David Swanson
Unbeknownst to many Americans, there is overwhelming consensus among scientists that we are very close to reaching a point of no turning back on global warming, which is caused by the burning of fossil fuels.
Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2006
 Norman Solomon
Many can plausibly lay claim to stinky media performances, but only a few can win a P.U.-litzer. As the judges for this uncoveted award, Jeff Cohen and I have deliberated with due care.
Why President Fox Failed
 Martin Walker
As the new president of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, begins his term, one unresolved question from the past remains. Why did Mexico under his predecessor, Vicente Fox, reach a turning point at which history failed to turn?
And So This Is Christmas
 Cindy Sheehan
Since Christmas 2003 was the last time we saw Casey alive, this season is so difficult for our family. Imagine getting out the boxes of Christmas decorations and pulling out your dead child's stocking or "Baby's First Christmas, 1979" ornament.
Immigration Reform: Finally?
 Domenico Maceri
Now that Democrats have regained control of Congress, President George Bush will have to compromise in the last two years of his term. One area where compromise won’t be necessary is immigration reform.
Swift Raids
 New York Times
When federal immigration officials raided six plants owned by Swift & Company, the world’s second largest beef and pork processor, last Tuesday, they brought Spanish translators. They knew exactly what kind of worker is found in low-paying, strenuous jobs in this country: recent Latino arrivals with limited skills and, in many cases, no legal papers.
Mexico Gets Tough
 Investor's Business Daily
Flavio Sosa is remarkably relaxed for a wanted man Mexico: After surviving challenges to his election, President Felipe Calderon is showing he can give as well as take. He has crushed leftist thugs in Oaxaca and is running down bandidos in Michoacan. Not bad, as starts go.
Mexico's Politics
 Greg Flakus
After being sworn in before the Mexican Congress amid both cheers and boos, Mexico's new president - Felipe Calderon - has taken bold steps to move forward with his proposals.
Growing Peril for Mexican Journalists Who Dig Too Deep
 Monica Campbell
The most dangerous area for reporters is apparently the northern border with the United States, where a turf battle rages between drug cartels and where high-rolling mafia bosses are known to influence politicians and law enforcement officials.
Mexico: Repression Looms in Deepening Crisis
 Emile Schepers
The crisis in Mexican politics deepened last week as the right-wing government moved in a significantly more repressive direction.
Economic Reforms Must Lead Agenda for Mexico's Calderón
 Bill Frist
Attending the inauguration of Mexican President Felipe Calderón last week only strengthened my conviction that building a stronger U.S.-Mexico alliance will require an end to illegal immigration. This, in turn, requires comprehensive immigration reform in the United States, coupled with extensive economic reform in Mexico.
Losing the Good War
 NYTimes
Afghanistan was supposed to be the good war — and the war America was winning. But because of the Bush administration’s inattention and mismanagement, even the good war is going wrong.
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