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Cuba: Castro Saved President Reagan
 Humberto Fontova
The latest essay from Fidel Castro's ghostwriters (referred to as "Fidel Castro" by news agencies that have earned Havana bureaus) claims the Cuban Maximum leader saved President Ronald Reagan's life in 1984.
The First Casualty of Iraq
 Reg Henry
It seems to me that the most uncommon attribute in American life is common sense. While everybody thinks they have it, not too many people actually do. Talk show hosts like to suggest that they are all about common sense, but they really are in the business of populism, which is all about directing public prejudices against convenient scapegoats. While this is common, it isn't sense.
Time For a Little Post-Montebello Truth
 Rabble.ca
When CEP president Dave Coles attended a peaceful protest at the SPP, he found that three police officers had disguised themselves and infiltrated the demonstration. Here are his reflections on the incident.
The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side of the Border
 Bridget Johnson
Migrants from the Dominican Republic, where a quarter of the population is below the poverty line, pay smugglers to take them in small boats called yolas 80 miles across the treacherous Mona Passage to Puerto Rico — where, with 4 million people living on land less spacious than three Rhode Islands, illegal immigration is felt especially acutely.
Socialist Presidential Candidates at America’s Crossroads
 Stewart A. Alexander
Today Americans are faced with a broad range of complex issues not seen since the American Civil War; a war that divided America and created a clash of ideologies. Now, more than 140 years later, Americans are faced with greater challenges.
Empty Calories
 The New York Times
For months, President Bush has been promising an honest accounting of the situation in Iraq, a fresh look at the war strategy and a new plan for how to extricate the United States from the death spiral of the Iraqi civil war. The nation got none of that yesterday from the Congressional testimony by Gen. David Petraeus.
Tyrannosaurus Academicus - Governance at the Universidad de las Américas, Puebla
 Dr. Mark B. Ryan
Established in the 1940s as Mexico City College, the Universidad de las Américas in Puebla has been among Mexico's premiere secular, private universities. In the two-year administration of its current rector, it has sunk into ever-deepening crises.
Give Mexican Truckers a Chance to Drive in U.S.
 The Detroit News
A pilot program is under way to allow Mexican trucks and drivers to enter the United States with cargo as part of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The move has brought protests from the Teamsters union, but the program deserves a fair chance.
Biofuel Follies
 Rolf Lockwood
Bandwagons are a desperately unfortunate fact of human life. More particularly, the blind ease with which people hop on them. Witch hunts in the middle ages, dirty-commie hunts in the 1950s, terrorist hunts today. And biofuel.
Why We Owe Amnesty To Mexicans
 Babu Ranganathan
I am Christian, Conservative, and Republican. Having said that, let me say that we are committing a great injustice in how we are dealing with Mexican immigration and the status of illegal Mexican workers in the United States.
Farmers' Move to Mexico Hurts Related Industries
 Arizona Daily Star
What appears to be a growing trend of farmers moving their operations to Mexico and other countries could have some undesirable repercussions, including the loss of farm-related jobs for U.S. citizens.
When Illegal Immigrants Disappear
 Gene McIntyre
A couple of years ago a film titled "A Day Without a Mexican" was made about what would happen in California if all the immigrant workers suddenly disappeared. Of course, it was a fantasy; however, now it appears that real life will imitate art.
US Government Should Protect Homeowners
 Peace and Freedom Party
Stewart A. Alexander, a presidential hopeful with Peace and Freedom Party and Social Party USA, says Congress and the president could do more to protect homeowners during this nationwide home mortgage crisis.
Most Censored 2007 Award to Indigenous Peoples
 Brenda Norrell
The "Project Censored 2007" awards are out and most of what was censored in Indian country was ignored. American Indian readers of the Censored blog say these topics were the most censored during the past year.
Canada: Fifty-Two Important Reasons to Drive Out Harper's Tories
 People's Voice
As the Harper Conservatives shuffle the deck and polish their image in preparation for a federal election (or perhaps hoping to stave off a trip to the polls), People's Voice wants to remind Canadians why it's so crucial to drive the Tories out of office.
Educational Incentive Worth Trying Out in Mexico City
 Andres Oppenheimer
If you asked me what was the most significant news from Latin America last week, I would pick a little-noticed announcement by Mexico City's leftist government that it will give out millions of dollars in financial incentives to the elementary school students with the best grades.
Thoughts on Fasting, 2007
 Ted Glick
As I prepare myself mentally and spiritually for the long fast I will be undertaking on September 4 as part of the Climate Emergency Fast, I find myself thinking back to the first time I consciously and deliberately went without food because of an issue about which I felt strongly.
Mexican Rights Violated in Free Trade’s Name
 Alex Hundert
In mid-August, I spent several days in a small vacation town called Montebello, located between Ottawa and Montreal, where the heads of state from Canada, the United States and Mexico were meeting on August 21 and 22 with an array of the most powerful businessmen and industrialists from North America.
The Mexican Amparo
 Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J.
Several bar examinations ago the first item in the Bar Examination Questions for Political Law was “What is a writ of amparo?” There was a lot of head scratching among the examinees upon seeing the question.
Mexico Does Not End at Its Border
 Satanic Source
President Felipe Calderon, president of a corrupt, third world, poverty ridden Mexico (and yes, I meant to say corrupt, third world, poverty ridden) gave a speech on Sunday that should be reprinted in every paper across the United States.
I Challenge You
 Phil Hoskins
It is my opinion that Americans complain too much and do too little about their own life in general and about politics specifically. It is understandable why we complain so much, less clear why we do so little.
Extending NAFTA’s Reach
 Laura Carlsen
Faced with opposition from the left and the right, George W. Bush, Felipe Calderon, and Stephen Harper met August 20-21 in Montebello, Canada to discuss the little-known second phase of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Can Richardson Pick Up Momentum?
 Victor Landa
So let's talk about Bill Richardson's chances in '08. His is the name that comes after "and" when the names of the Democratic presidential front-runners are rattled off: Hillary, Obama, Edwards and Richardson.
No Denials of North American Agenda
 Phyllis Schlafly
President George W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Mexican President Felipe Calderon have all refused to deny that the Security and Prosperity Partnership is a stepping stone toward a North American Union.
True or False: Los Angeles is the Second Largest Mexican City?
 Robert “Bob” Bagwell
Today’s Urban Myth, courtesy of Mexican-hater Doug Bell of San Diego, “Los Angeles is the second largest Mexican city outside Mexico City.” It seems that Encarta writers share Mr. Bell’s ethnic and nationality blindness.
The Mexican Rosa Parks?
 Larry Elder
Is Elvira Arellano - the recently deported Mexican illegal alien - the new Rosa Parks? Some of her supporters describe her this way. But Arellano's credentials as a "role model," to say the least, fall short.
Impeachment May Be the Solution
 John M. Crisp
President Bush is, quite reasonably, appealing to history to salvage his legacy since his prospects don't look good in the short term. Despite current efforts to put the best possible face on conditions in Iraq, the news continues to be bad.
Mexico's New Robber Barons
 Eduardo Porter
Growing up in Mexico City, I always knew Mexico was an unjust country - a place where small coteries of the privileged control all power and wealth while half the population lives in poverty. But it never occurred to me that Mexico would have billionaires.
Immigration Policy Tries to Balance Immigrant Families with Rule of Law
 Ruben Navarrette Jr
When I heard that federal immigration agents had arrested and deported Elvira Arellano, a 32-year-old Mexican citizen who brazenly broke our laws and all but dared U.S. authorities to do anything about it, I wondered what the reaction would be from the National Council of La Raza.
Bush Administration's North American Union SPP Plan Reveals a Totalitarian Agenda
 Paul Chen
SPP architects are seeking to negotiate the total fusion of government, military interests, police law enforcement, and, and large private corporations in the "NAU" which would manifest in the creation of an Orwellian Big Brother entity.
"Gay Mexico City is Coming of Age"
 Enkidu Magazine
Global Gay and Lesbian Tourism is booming and now the city authorities of Mexico City have finally discovered the growing importance of this market segment. Lars Ivar Owesen-Lein Borge interviewed Matt Skallerud about Mexico City as a gay-friendly destination and the future of the Pink Market in general.
Time to Talk to Those Outside the Gates
 The Guardian
Politicians can't stop global trade, but they can take time to address public fears. Governments would do themselves and their citizens a service by trying harder to deal with the legitimate worries motivating anti-globalization protesters.
Statehood for Mexico?
 Mike Rosen
Every now and then a caller to my radio show will come up with the "original" idea that we can solve all of our immigration problems - legal and illegal - with Mexico by simply making it the 51st state in the union. The idea is no more original today, nor any better, than when I first heard it years ago.
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