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 The Most Ridiculous Speech of All
 William Rivers Pitt
Can you believe it? President Bush could not face his final audience with the American people on his own two feet, needing once again to use people as props to hold himself up and hide himself behind.
Latin America Badly Needs Friend in D.C.
 Andres Oppenheimer
Despite the smiling pictures of President-elect Barack Obama and visiting Mexican President Felipe Calderón after their first meeting in Washington, D.C., Mexico will have a hard time getting attention from the Obama administration.
George Bush: History Cannot Save Him
 Helen Thomas
As he leaves office, President Bush is passing on to his successor two wars and a growing economic debacle. What a way to go!
Be Wary of Those Who Build Walls
 Carl Welser
Entities that build walls are suspicious at best. The construction of a wall around a city or a nation is a reliable sign that larger problems are going untreated.
Mythbusting the Obama Recovery Package
 Sara Robinson
The self-serving myths about President-elect Barack Obama's economic recovery plan are starting to fly so thick and fast that we have been working full-time to keep ahead of them. Here's what you need to know to fire back.
Unintended Consequences of the 20th Century and Beyond
 James Quinn
Andrew Gelman said, "the law of unintended consequences is what happens when a simple system tries to regulate a complex system. The political system is simple." I'd go a step further and say that lifetime politicians and entrenched government bureaucrats are simple.
Alexander: Schwarzenegger’s Tax Proposal Unfairly Targets Working People
 Peace and Freedom Party
As the State of California continues to slide deeper into the worst budget crisis in the state’s history, Peace and Freedom Party and Stewart A. Alexander launched an attack on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget proposal.
A Diplomat, A Diplomat, My Kingdom For A Diplomat
 Ivan Simic
In the contemporary world, the word diplomacy has assumed a broad dimension or wider use other than the classical usage. In fact, modern day diplomacy has become all-involving that we can talk about it in terms of entertainment, parade, show of power, imposition of will/hegemonic play, among others.
Mexico - How Bad is it Really?
 Jeremy Schwartz
I just got back from a two week vacation in my native New England and by far the most frequent question from friends and family was: Is Mexico really as bad as I think it is?
Top 5 Lies About Israel’s Assault on Gaza
 Foreign Policy Journal
Israel has bombed vast areas of Gaza, targeting civilian infrastructure and other sites with protected status under international law. No place is safe within the Gaza Strip.
A Trillion Dollar Recovery
 Katrina vanden Heuvel
Poverty is on the rise, record numbers of people are relying on food stamps and we've seen no relief for the foreclosure crisis. We don't need a stimulus, we need a recovery. And that means investing $1 trillion over the next two years.
The State of the US Borders 2008
 Michelle Malkin
If you think the bad economy has "solved" America's immigration problems, welcome to your end-of-the-year reality check.
Nine Steps to Peace for Obama in the New Year
 Deepak Chopra
Since aerospace and military technologies remain the United States' most destructive export, fostering wars around the world, what steps can we take to reverse that trend and build a peace-based economy?
Cynthia McKinney: Blockade Runner
 Alan Burkhart
How is it that liberals like Cynthia McKinney almost always end up on the wrong side of important issues? From global warming to taxation to foreign affairs, far too often they come down across the fence from the best interests of America and her allies.
Strategies for Mexico's Drug War
 Tracy Wilkinson
The LA Times asked experts and public figures in the U.S., Mexico and other parts of Latin America for their views on the problem and what should be done about it.
Freedom of the Press as a Foreign Concept
 James Rainey
When disaster strikes or a source calls back on deadline, the nights can be long. Newspaper layoffs and hard economic times can cast a pall over just about everything we do.
Recession and Oppresion Cause Border Economies to Suffer
 Jose Perez
The old adage of the United States economy contracting the sniffles, causing pneumonia in economies around the world, is especially true of Baja California. And especially the Northern half of Baja California.
Drug War Doesn't Protect Children
 Tony Newman
Drug war doesn't protect children The defenders of the failed war on drugs say that we can't discuss alternatives to prohibition because it would "send the wrong message to the kids."
The Future of US Immigration Under Obama
 Gareth McConnell
Although it is early days, there are signs that President-elect Barack Obama may be poised to bring some far-reaching changes to USA immigration policy.
An Unfinished Initiative
 La Opinión
In November 2007, Mexico’s President Felipe Calderón’s government announced the creation of the League Against Discrimination of Mexicans in the United States as a resource aimed at protecting Mexican citizens living there. To date, the organization has yet to begin operations.
Recession Can Be Deadly for Domestic Abuse Victims
 Mary R. Lauby & Sue Else
The ripple effect of the economic crisis has multiplied in ways that many of us could never imagine: banks folding, stock markets diving, and an astronomical government bailout. For victims of domestic violence, the impact of this downward economic spiral could be deadly.
A New New Deal?
 Robert L. Borosage & Eric Lotke
The depression was the catalyst for FDR's new deal. Robert L. Borosage and Eric Lotke ask if it is time for a new new deal.
A Short Visit to Mexico
 Forrest Johnson Lake
A short visit to Mexico, a short reprieve from snow and below zero weather. A short visit with another culture that is striving in its own way to live the way we Americans do.
War Crazy
 Camillo "Mac" Bica
I haven't always been crazy. Wasn't born crazy. I think insanity crept up on me, happened in Vietnam, in the war. War does that, you know, drives people crazy. All that killing and dying can make anyone crazy.
Man Is a Cruel Animal
 Chris Hedges
It was Joseph Conrad I thought of when I read an article in The Nation magazine this month about white vigilante groups that rose up out of the chaos of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans to terrorize and murder blacks.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO
 Robert A. Kezelis
THE cloth, a boring, unimaginative, three color oblong, in all likelihood manufactured in China, (since our trade policies have shut down all domestic cloth and sewing production, permanently losing those jobs)...
Mexico's Drug War
 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Every gun fired by drug traffickers dealing death in Mexico is one that might as well be aimed at the heart of U.S. well-being.
Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2008
 Jeff Cohen & Norman Solomon
Now in their 17th year, the P.U.-litzer Prizes recognize some of the nation's stinkiest media performances. As the judges for these annual awards, we do our best to identify the most deserving recipients of this unwelcome plaudit.
The Shoe Heard Round the World
 Aaron Lake Smith
As with any event that pushes history forward, when you click the play button over and over to watch Muntanzer al-Zaidi mumble something in Arabic that we now know meant "This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog!," the question inevitably arises - Why hasn't this happened before?
The Mexican Muddle
 Jorge G. Castañeda
It is no surprise that the list of question marks attached to Mexico's Felipe Calderón's administration is longer than that of his achievements. His poll numbers reflect this ambivalence.
Capitalist Fools
 Vanity Fair
Behind the debate over remaking US financial policy will be a debate over who's to blame. It's crucial to get the history right, writes a Nobel-laureate economist, identifying five key mistakes - under Reagan, Clinton and Bush II - and one national delusion.
Be the Change
 Marc Ash
People always vote for change. Every vote is cast in the belief that it will make a difference, that things can change. But no vote ever brings about change.
Viva La Revolucion? Cuba Fifty Years On
 Leonard Doyle
When optimists talk of the changes taking place across Cuba now that the great helmsman of the revolution Fidel Castro has been parked in a retirement home to be replaced by his 77-year-old brother Raul, I think back to my friend Carlos and his family.
Alexander Wants Jobs for Local Communities, Construction Industry
 StewartAlexanderCares.com
While running as the vice presidential candidate for Socialist Party USA, Stewart A. Alexander charged that the government bailouts amounted to a temporary fix for the struggling U.S. economy.
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