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The Credit Damned
 Isabelle Rey-Lefebvre
About two million Americans are likely to see their houses seized for their inability to pay down their loans. A risky real estate-based credit industry has developed in the United States, called "sub-prime mortgage," which already represents 20% of the market.
The Cartel Responds to Calderon
 Stratfor.com
For all of Calderon's anti-cartel efforts in his short time in office, he has yet to encroach into the Sinaloa cartel's strongholds as effectively as he has other cartels' turf - suggesting this game has much more room to play out.
Lydia's Rescue: Human Rights Activist Gets Too Close to the Mob
 Troy Turner
These days, sharing her story with others is what she feels keeps her alive, but equally important is the continued battle she wages against corruption and abuse.
Why Conservatives Can't Govern
 Robert L. Borosage
Donald Rumsfeld has been axed. Tom DeLay cut and ran. "Scooter" Libby stands convicted. Michael "you're doing a heck of a job" Brown was tossed. Newt Gingrich disgraced himself. And now the clueless Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, is surely the next to go.
Mr. President, I Beg Your Pardon?
 Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III
Why have so many of the self- appointed standard bearers of democracy misplaced their copies of the Constitution in an attempt to circumvent the judicial process?
Don't Cry for Reagan
 Paul Krugman
As the Bush administration sinks deeper into its multiple quagmires, the personality cult the G.O.P. once built around President Bush has given way to nostalgia for the good old days. The current cover of Time magazine shows a weeping Ronald Reagan, and declares that Republicans "need to reclaim the Reagan legacy."
Mexico's Military and the Murder at Zongolica
 Erich Adolfo Moncada Cota
In Mexico violence against poor, indigenous women is commonly left unpunished by the authorities. According to Amnesty International since the mid 1990s there have been at least 60 documented acts of sexual aggression against women reportedly committed by military officers.
The Unlikely Republican Frontrunner: Giuliani
 Arlen Parsa
Although many pundits quibble about the qualifications or lack of qualifications Illinois Senator Barack Obama has, few seem to apply the same standards to former New York City Mayor Rudolf Giuliani.
A Slow Death
 Frederic Block
While New York State does not subscribe to the death penalty for the moment, the federal government does. Over the last few years there has been a surge in death penalty prosecutions authorized by the United States attorney general, both nationwide and in federal cases in New York.
Bush Makes History by Not Also Writing It
 The Republican
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, President Bush was inside Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Fla., to promote his education reform when he learned that America was under attack. This was a day that changed the Bush presidency and the nation's history.
Political Prisoners in Calderon's Mexico
 John Ross
The criminalization of social protest is filling the nation's jails and prisons with political prisoners. Of the more than 200 prisoners taken in Oaxaca since May, 62 remain imprisoned. Dozens of activists and teachers were already locked up in Oaxaca jails prior to the mass arrests.
Why Libby's Pardon Is a Slam Dunk
 Frank Rich
Even by Washington's standards, few debates have been more fatuous or wasted more energy than the frenzied speculation over whether President Bush will or will not pardon Scooter Libby. Of course he will.
America’s Languages: Tower of Babel or Asset?
 Domenico Maceri
Forty-seven million residents of the US speak a language other than English at home, according to figures of the US Census. That’s one in five Americans - and a serious problem for Americans who believe in the concept "one language, one country."
Jury Still Out on Calderón
 Kelly Arthur Garrett
A week of media chatter by political analysts, occasioned by Calderón´s milestone 100th day in office Saturday, indicates the jury is still out on the president´s big- picture performance.
Legislating Safety
 Houston Chronicle
In a vacuum, the chances are slim that a statute could make a rapist, wife-beater or sexual predator change his ways. However, an ambitious new law in Mexico could reduce the brutality that plagues Mexican women - but only if the law is considered a start, not a solution.
Bush's "Magical Mystery Tour" in Latin America
 Michael Werbowski
Bush's Latin American journey is notable for its timing. It comes very late in his second term as president. And after years of neglecting its "backyard" perhaps it's too late. This trip is also most likely his final one to the region while in office.
Thanks to Mr. Chávez
 NYTimes
Venezuela and its demagogic president, Hugo Chávez, won’t get a visit from President Bush. But Mr. Chávez’s appeal will be very much on Mr. Bush’s mind when he visits Latin America over the next week.
Mexico's Own Migra
 NYTimes
When House Republicans last year sought to make the mere presence of illegal immigrants in the United States a felony punishable by one year in prison, the odious legislation sparked international condemnation. No country was more loudly indignant than Mexico.
Shame on You, Ann Coulter II
 Scott Galindez
The most popular column I ever wrote for Truthout was a response to Ann Coulter's disgusting attacks against Max Cleland. We are now in another election cycle, and Ann Coulter again is making tasteless comments.
Not "A Good-News Story"
 The Washington Post
We are glad that the Army is finally taking the issue of outpatient care seriously enough to effectively end the career of a major general for presiding over the disgraceful condition of Building 18. But the evidence compiled so far suggests that Gen. Kiley has been more complicit in the scandalous neglect of Walter Reed's outpatient facilities for longer than Gen. Weightman has been.
Libby Trial Exposes Neocon Shadow Government
 Sydney Schanberg
Day by day, witness by witness, exhibit by exhibit, Patrick Fitzgerald, the prosecutor in the trial of Dick Cheney's man, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, is accomplishing what no one else in Washington has been able to: He has impeached the Presidency of George W. Bush.
Mexico President Calderon Should Not Repeat Drug War Failures of the Past
 Ethan Nadelmann
Mexico's new president, Felipe Calderon, seems to be doing all the right things in cracking down on Mexico's drug traffickers. But what President Calderon is doing now differs little from what his predecessors did at the start of their terms. The results are always the same – encouraging at first but then it all starts up again.
Bush and Cheney Owe an Explanation
 Nicholas D. Kristof
One way or another, the Scooter Libby trial will soon be over. Whatever the verdict, President Bush and Vice President Cheney owe the American people a candid explanation of what went on in that period in the White House.
Schwarzenegger: Veering Left?
 Domenico Maceri
John Garamendi introduced the governor of California with the adjective "courageous." Garamendi, a Democrat, the newly-elected lieutenant governor of the Golden State was of course talking about Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, who was also reelected in the November election.
Calderón's Close Ties to Military a Concern
 Chris Hawley
In recent weeks, Calderón has elevated the military's profile like few presidents in recent memory, doling out 46 percent pay raises, heaping praise on the army and navy, dispatching troops to quell drug-related violence and lending 10,000 soldiers to the federal police.
A Trial for Thousands Denied Trial
 Naomi Klein
Something remarkable is going on in a Miami courtroom. The cruel methods US interrogators have used since September 11 to "break" prisoners are finally being put on trial. This was not supposed to happen.
Shielding the Powerful
 NYTimes
The Supreme Court's decision overturning a nearly $80 million punitive damage award against Philip Morris is a win for corporate wrongdoers. It stretches the Constitution's guarantee of due process in a way that will make it easier for companies that act reprehensibly to sidestep serious punishments.
Bush Is Losing the "War on Terror"
 Robert Parry
Despite the sacrifices in lives, treasure and liberties, the painful reality is that the United States is losing the "war on terror" - in large part because too many people in the Middle East and across the globe view George W. Bush as a bully and a hypocrite.
The Real Patriots
 Bob Herbert
The question is not so much whether a Republican or a Democrat takes the White House in the next election; it's whether the American people can take back their country.
A Cuba Without Fidel
 Joey Kennedy
Those who want to know what Cuba will be like after longtime president and dictator Fidel Castro is gone should simply visit the island-nation today, where it is apparent that the Cuban people already are in transition to a post-Castro Cuba.
Anti-Immigrant Fanaticism and Xenophobic Boobs
 Patrick Corcoran
There will be no secure, functional border without Mexico’s cooperation. Why, then, if it really wants a secure border, does the anti-immigration movement insist on behaving like a bunch of xenophobic boobs?
U.S. Has a Stake in Mexico's Fragile Democracy
 Douglas Savage
By promoting economic justice and democracy in Mexico, we enhance our own security. It is an opportunity to lead that we ignore at our peril.
They Are America
 NYTimes
US Government at all levels is working to keep unwanted immigrants in their place — on the other side of the border, in detention or in fear, toiling silently in the underground economy without recourse to the laws and protections the native-born expect.
What Lincoln Really Said
 David Swanson
Alaska Congressman Don Young just attempted on the floor of the House to quote Abraham Lincoln's opinion on opposition to presidents' war plans. Young failed rather dramatically.
Calderón Hints at Renewing Ties with Cuba
 Marifeli Perez-Stable
Calderón is walking a foreign-policy tightrope. He is committed to giving Mexico a higher Latin American profile without diminishing the indispensable relationship with the United States. Obstacles abound, yet there are opportunities that should not be missed such as Cuba's.
Sex and Torture in America
 David Swanson
How does sex differ from torture? The one is good and the other bad might be your immediate reply. But were I to describe an act of torture, this would be taken as a serious article. Were I to describe an act of sex, then political publications wouldn't publish it.
Doctors Who Fail Their Patients
 NYTimes
A new survey has revealed that a disturbing number of doctors, at the presumed pinnacle of the health professions, feel no responsibility to inform patients of treatments that they deem immoral or to refer them to other doctors for care.
Border Fence - The Cost is Far Too High
 Stewart A. Alexander
A study released by the non-partisan Congressional Research Service says a proposed 700 mile stretch of fence could cost an estimated $49 billion. But what the report fails to say, US–built walls on the border would cost both the US and Mexico trillions of dollars in economic losses over the predicted 25-year lifespan of the fence.
Until the War Ends ...
 Bob Herbert
Senator Obama's capacity for leadership will be tested in large part by whether he can get the country to rally around his crucial point - that all further progress on important issues here at home depends on whether we can find the will to extricate ourselves from Iraq.
The Needle and the Damage Done
 Elizabeth Weil
Lethal injection is the most recent attempt to find a way to transport condemned inmates from life to death in a manner that does not offend our civilized sensibilities. But, lethal injections are often botched and sometimes painful. Doctors don’t want to administer them. Is it time to kill this form of execution?
Mexico’s Tortilla Crisis: Harvest of NAFTA
 Emile Schepers
In Mexico, white maize tortillas are traditionally the food of the laboring millions, some of whom can afford little else, as opposed to the white bread of the elite.
The Watada Mistrial: Here's What Really Happened
 Bill Simpich
Any fair-minded review of this case will reveal that the defense was doing far better than anyone had expected; that Lt. Watada had protected his rights at every turn; and that the judge was scared of letting this case go to any factfinder who had any chance of being fully informed of Lt. Watada's belief that the war in Iraq is illegal.
Human Rights
 Le Monde
For the first time, an instrument of international law, the Convention for the Protection of All People against Forced Disappearance, adopted by the UN on December 20, 2006, furnishes the victims of these crimes and their defenders with an important panoply of rights to fight against oblivion, obtain justice, and demand reparations.
We Need to Back Mexican President in War on Drugs
 Yakima Herald-Republic
Whatever happened to America's commitment to the war on drugs, to keep illicit drugs from winding up on our streets and in our schools and neighborhoods? Mexico's new president, Felipe Calderon, has good reason to wonder.
Bush Is Hiding the Ball on Iran
 Robert Parry
George W. Bush is again guiding the nation toward a preemptive war - this time with Iran - without allowing anything like a full debate of the underlying facts, probable consequences of the conflict or peaceful alternatives.
Beyond Oral Sex: The Bush Investigations
 David Swanson & Jonathan Schwarz
The last time Congress was controlled by the party in opposition to the White House, we all learned more than we cared to know about the uses of cigars. This time the need for investigations is much more serious.
Castro's Legacy
 Wayne S. Smith
One way or the other, his almost half-century rule in Cuba is nearing an end. What will be his legacy? Has the Cuba he leaves behind registered gains over Cuba as it was when he took power in 1959? Will it have a brighter future? And is it supported by the Cuban people?
Impeachment by the People
 Howard Zinn
Courage is in short supply in Washington, D.C. The realities of the Iraq War cry out for the overthrow of a government that is criminally responsible for death, mutilation, torture, humiliation, chaos.
Jet Crash Forges Bond
 venturacountystar.com
For many, Jan. 31, 2000, will forever be remembered as the day 88 passengers and crew members died in the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 off Anacapa Island. The plane was en route from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to San Francisco and Seattle when it fell from the sky at 4:22 p.m.
Mexico is Still Trapped in Decades Old Crises
 Carlos Luken
Mexico, blessed with culture, heritage, and a deep respect for its ways and traditions, has struggled to achieve the difficult balancing act of moving toward progress while preserving its own particular lifestyle.
Which Side Are You On?
 David Bacon
By their nature, guest worker programs are low-wage schemes, intended to supply plentiful labor to corporate employers, at a price they want to pay. Companies don't recruit guest workers so they can pay them more, but to pay them less.
Bold Start in Mexico
 Hugh Dellios
Calderon's firm-handed start has raised his stature and helped earn him more of the popular legitimacy he lacked after his disputed, razor-thin election victory, raising hopes that he will make a difference in the lives of 107 million Mexicans.
The World Agrees: Stop Him
 Robert Scheer
Stop him before he kills again. That is the judgment of the American people, and indeed of the entire world, as to the performance of our president, and no State of the Union address can erase that dismal verdict.
Free Trade, an End to Corruption are Mexico's Tickets to Prosperity
 Victor Davis Hanson
We hear all sorts of solutions for ending illegal immigration: Build a wall. Beef up border security. Fine employers, and create a massive guest-worker program. Or America could insist on tamper-proof identification cards, or detention, deportation or even amnesty for some illegal aliens - or all of these measures somehow combined.
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