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The Man Who Would Be Bush
 Robert Scheer
Assuming that likely voters are not now thinking of yet another Republican president simply because John McCain is the only white guy left standing - an excuse as pathetic in its logic as the decision four years ago to return two Texas oil hustlers to the White House because they were not Massachusetts liberals - must mean that tens of millions of Americans have taken leave of their senses.
Sanctity of Contracts: Mortgages and Credit Cards
 Dean Baker
Momentum is building in Washington for a large-scale housing bailout. It is virtually certain something will happen. The big questions are how large will the package be and will it be designed to help homeowners or to bailout out the banks?
The End of the World as You Know It... and the Rise of the New Energy World Order
 Michael T. Klare
With strong economic growth in the developing countries, a greater proportion of the world's energy is being consumed by them. By 2010, the developing world's share of energy use is expected to reach 40% and, if current trends persist, 47% by 2030.
Remember: They Are Liars
 William Rivers Pitt
George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Condoleezza Rice, along with a slew of administration underlings and a revolving-door cavalcade of brass hats from the Pentagon, have been making claims regarding Iraq for many years now. They lied.
Mexico Needs Energy Reform, Not Blinkered Newspeak
 Patrick Corcoran
In the debate over reforming Mexico’s energy industry a handful of road-blockers, led by – who else? – Andrés Manuel López Obrador, are trying to turn a question of immense complexity into a simple yes or no to privatization.
The Terror Threat Next Door
 Dallas News
If al-Qaeda were at the U.S. border kidnapping and decapitating people while circulating videos of its exploits, Americans would be apoplectic. For some reason, though, this country doesn't seem terribly alarmed that Mexican drug cartels are kidnapping, torturing and even beheading their victims.
A Foolish Immigration Purge
 New York Times
Leave it to the Bush administration to throw thousands of law-abiding American workers and companies off a cliff in perilous economic times.
Terrorism and War: Parallels, Differences and Suffering
 Ivan Simic
What's the difference between war and terrorism? While war requires mass organization, Governments, countries and thousands of volunteers and military personnel, terrorism can be performed with just one or two individuals.
No Torture. No Exceptions.
 The Washington Monthly
In most issues of the Washington Monthly, we favor articles that we hope will launch a debate. In this issue we seek to end one. The unifying message of the articles that follow is, simply, Stop.
The Great Wall of the United States
 Felipe de Ortego y Gasca
In the current flap over building a wall between Mexico and the United States, it would be well to keep in mind Robert Frost's injunction: "something there is that doesn't love a wall." That "something" is that a wall is a barrier.
A Break From the Past American-Style
 Jean-Marcel Bouguereau
Never has an American presidential election awoken as much interest in the United States and the rest of the world. And only rarely have the Democratic primaries delivered as much suspense.
Mexico's New Justice
 LATimes
The Mexican Congress has approved an overhaul of the country's judicial system, which is so rife with corruption, caprice and ineptitude that many doubted such a day would ever come.
Mexicans are the Primary Victims of Crime and Violence
 Barnard R. Thompson
English language media reports on crime, kidnappings and violence in Mexico are logically viewed north of the border in personal safety and security contexts, which understandably are keeping visitors away. But Mexican victims are those truly bearing the brunt of the horrific acts, frontline casualties in a situation that has reached near pandemic proportions.
US Quietly Breaks UN Treaty
 Leslie Griffith
On Friday, at a United Nations meeting in Geneva, the United States broke a series of legal promises. Keeping those promises would have proved extremely embarrassing to the United States government by pointing out that human rights abuses are being committed at home and at US military installations abroad.
Calderon Acknowledges Mexico's Obligations
 San Antonio Express-News
Illegal immigration is the object of furious debate but little action. The problem was not created in a vacuum, and it will not be resolved in one. And it cannot be addressed, much less resolved, until both countries realize that it is not a problem, but their problem.
The Social Security and Medicare Crisis: Not the Fiscal Catastrophe We Fear?
 Paul Crist
America is not alone in confronting the issue of an aging population that threatens fiscal calamity, economic devastation, and overwhelmed healthcare systems. Europe, Japan, and China face similar demographic profiles that will demand major changes in the way the world lives and works.
Stay Positive and Let the Voters Decide
 Scott Galindez
Democrats have a golden opportunity to capture the White House and increase their majorities in Congress. They have to be careful though; the closeness of the race for the nomination has created several minefields that need to be avoided.
Firestone's Superbowl Fumble
 Ruthie Ackerman
As the "official tire sponsor" of the Super Bowl halftime show in Phoenix, Firestone's entertainment and advertising images beamed into American living rooms during the most-watched sporting event of the year stand in sharp contrast to the harsh working conditions, child labor and exposure to toxic chemicals at the company's rubber plantations in Liberia.
Bush's Failed Presidency
 Ann McFeatters
President Bush is a forgotten man. Giving his last State of the Union speech, he was overshadowed by a tempest in a teapot. (Did Barack Obama snub Hillary Clinton or merely turn to talk with another senator?) We need a breather from the campaign, so we will focus on why history is likely to record George W. Bush's eight years in office as a failed presidency.
Obama, Clinton and the War
 Robert Scheer
It should mean a great deal to progressives that in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination Sen. Ted Kennedy favors Sen. Barack Obama over two other colleagues he has worked with in the Senate.
Mexico's War
 Houston Chronicle
After years of regarding narco-trafficking as an essentially U.S. problem caused by America's demand for drugs, Mexico's government is fighting back. The cost has been high.
The Real Price of Fakes
 NYTimes
As the economy weakens, consumers hunt for bargains. Sometimes, however, a bargain can be a literal steal, and a dangerous one at that.
Latin America Banks on Independence
 Mark Engler
In the closing weeks of 2007, a region in revolt against the economics of corporate globalization issued its most unified declaration of independence to date - the signing of the founding charter of the Banco del Sur.
True Voice of the Revolution
 Ed Vulliamy
While the media spotlight shone on Europe and the US, hundreds of protesters were massacred on the streets of Mexico. Why is it still the forgotten story of '68?
A Fond Farewell to Bill Richardson
 Raul Reyes
In contrast to the Democratic frontrunners, nobody ever questioned Richardson's likeability or experience. Yet he didn't have Hillary's name recognition, Obama's charisma, or Edwards' charm.
The End of the Road for George W. Bush
 Chris Hedges
The Gilbert and Sullivan charade of statesmanship played out by George W. Bush and his enabler, Condoleezza Rice, as they wander the Middle East is a fitting end to seven years of misrule.
Why Bolivia Matters
 Laura Carlsen
Despite winning an absolute majority in the 2005 presidential elections, the Morales administration has had considerable difficulty leveraging its political capital into an efficient reform process.
Rewriting History in Real Time
 Thomas P.M. Barnett
The White House's recent policy reversals amount to a stunning repudiation of the first seven years of George W. Bush's presidency. Where allies were previously disrespected, now they're viewed as essential. Where diplomacy was eschewed, now it's pursued with vigor. No longer running the government from his "base," Bush finally tries to lead the entire nation.
Ethanol Subsidies Push up the Price of Corn Tortillas
 Caller-Times
Mexico this week removed the last tariffs on U.S. and Canadian farm products as called for by the North American Free Trade Agreement. The removal of the tariffs is a gamble by Mexicans that the positives of globalization will outweigh the negatives, especially in the case of corn, the historical food staple that has fed the people of Mexico for centuries.
Change Is In The Air
 Doug Thompson
The selection of Presidential candidates still belongs to those who vote and the record numbers who took part in the process in the frozen tundra of Iowa told us that this election year will not be business as usual.
Hoover's Plan to Throw Everyone in Jail
 Caller-Times
We've known for a long time that the early 1950s was a nightmarish time in this country. It was the time when the Cold War was at its coldest, a time when Americans confused dissent with disloyalty, when people were gripped with the fear that that alien doctrine of communism would infiltrate our open society and destroy us.
Making a Magnet
 Houston Chronicle
Why would someone choose to be an illegal immigrant? Hope for a better future, of course. Mexico's government, realizing that millions of its citizens are denied that hope, is finally trying to build it.
The Free Market: A False Idol After All?
 Peter S. Goodman
For more than a quarter-century, the dominant idea guiding economic policy in the United States and much of the globe has been that the market is unfailingly wise.
The Sad Legacy of J. Edgar Hoover
 Jay Ambrose
You probably had to grow up in the 1950s or earlier to know deep in your bones just how radically the reputation of J. Edgar Hoover has shifted from patriotic, upstanding, nation-protecting, model-for-one-and-all hero to liberty-denying, rights-abusing, sneaky, jealous, morally corrupt villain.
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