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Maligned Mexico City Policy Deserves a Fair Shake
 Kathryn Lopez
Sometimes, change can make you choke. That's been the experience of many supporters of the Mexico City Policy, recently rescinded by President Barack Obama (the second Democratic president in MCP's 25-year history to do so)
What A Difference Ten Days Make
 Isaiah J. Poole
Increasing the number of working-class families who have health insurance for their children is just one of the significant victories progressives can lay claim to in just the first 10 days of the Obama administration.
The Second Greatest Threat to America
 Lee Ellis
Which two countries offer the greatest threat to the United States? If you answered that they both must be in the Middle East, you would be only half right.
Is Mexico Really Collapsing?
 Tad Trueblood
If you've read this column for a while, you've recognized there's a contrarian streak in me. That usually shows up in my choice of topics, as I often avoid the "big story" plastered in headlines and on CNN in favor of something not being covered well.
How Realistic is a North American Currency?
 Todd Harrison
While the notion of a seismic currency shift may seem obscure, we must respect the possibility long before it becomes front-page news.
Tolerating Racism Promotes Racism
 Rich Campbell
"Monkey Monday." For the four men sitting at the end of a bar in downtown Stuart, Florida - on the day commemorating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. - Monkey Monday was the term they used to express their contempt for the holiday. And, I surmise, for black people in general.
Fighting Fire with Fire
 Alan Burkhart
In a recent article posted at TruthOut.org, veteran military pilot and former Vietnam POW Phillip Butler makes a case for the arrest of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld for crimes against the U.S. Constitution.
War Trend Will Soon Face Its End
 Ivan Simic
History has it that there was not yet a single year without war in history known to a mankind, and that war has been fought since time immemorial. Therefore, the biggest question today would be: Is it really possible to end wars?
 I, Resident, Oppose Maritime Malecon Vendors
 Michel Rubini
Despite numerous letters and petitions to city officials from area condominium owners, shop keepers and the Restaurant Association who oppose the vendors that have set up their stands along the Maritime Malecón, so far, nothing has been done.
Obama's Train Ride to the Future
 John M. Crisp
Everyone will have her own way of thinking about the remarkable events centered on January 20, 2009. Some probably thought the over-sized bow on Aretha Franklin's hat was outrageously over the top, but when she began to sing, everything about her - including the bow - was perfect.
But What If Torture Works?
 Steve Weissman
An interview took place in 2006 at an American base north of Baghdad. The military was still reeling from the exposure of torture at Abu Ghraib, and Matthew, an Air Force major, headed one of the first groups trained in a different way to interrogate detainees. Instead of using fear, control and physical coercion, they would use "respect, rapport, hope, cunning and deception."
Mexico's President Could Learn from Obama & Bush Models
 Patrick Corcoran
Felipe Calderón should take a lesson from these two leaders. The Mexican president will never inspire the multitudes the way Obama does, but there’s no reason he can’t borrow his willingness to occasionally splash cold water over his listeners.
A Farewell Message from Tony Garza
 Antonio O. Garza
For over six years, I have had the privilege to serve as Ambassador of the United States to Mexico. It has been an incredible experience. But this morning I came to work both with a sense of achievement, and a bit of nostalgia, knowing that this is my last day at the Embassy.
Republican Senators Resort to Extortion on Holder Nomination
 Ken Camp
Republicans on the Judiciary Committee have asked Eric Holder to make a commitment, before he is even confirmed, that he will not prosecute any Bush Administration officials for their involvement in acts of torture during the last administration.
Illegal, Legal Immigration Haunting US
 Harold Boyer
Corporate America’s shortsighted policy of recruiting immigrants at the expense of American students and workers will only further antagonize society and produce an anti-business backlash.
Times' Mexico Savior the Real Shady Slim
 Paul Tharp
Eighteen months before Carlos Slim, the controversial Mexican billionaire, decided to ride to the rescue of The New York Times empire, a story on the $60 billion man ran in the Gray Lady. It called him a "robber baron" and a "crony" of Mexico's notoriously corrupt politicians. He's now their savior.
The Revolution in Mexico has Began
 Michael Webster
Mexico´s Drugs, Violence and corruption and all of its related ramifications will bring the country down through revolution by its people.
A Country That Now Dares to Change
 Diana Murray Watts
Every land encompasses the thoughts and dreams of its citizens. When born to a certain country, a large part of one's personal identity inevitably becomes influenced by that past. And when there is a loyal trust in the national leaders, self-confidence dwells more firmly on those grounds: For when a leader succeeds, the people also feel that success.
Mexico Could Pose Security Threat to US
 Midland Reporter-Telegram
Could Mexico become a greater security risk for the United States than the Mideast powers who host terrorist cells? That's a question being taken seriously in Washington.
Hopes and Fears for Obama's First Year
 Steve Weissman
President Barack Obama prepares to confront the variety of challenges facing the US as he takes office. These are my hopes and fears for these historic times. What are yours?
Win a Trip You Won’t Forget
 New York Times
Win a Trip With Nicholas Kristof, 2009: The columnist invites students to enter a contest for a reporting trip to Africa this spring. Second prize is two trips.
Bush's Limited Idea of Compassionate Conservatism
 Spectator UK
George W Bush has earned praise for the manner in which he has left office: dignified and quiet. Fair enough. And at least unlike his predecessor he didn't cry tears of self-pity. Nor, by and large, did Bush disgrace the Presidency by handing out a bundle of pardons to friends and cronies. With one exception that is.
 One Nation Under a Groove
 Pepe Escobar
President Barack Obama's highly anticipated inauguration speech has been widely praised as serious and/or somber. Pepe Escobar argues that for all its soaring rhetoric, it was very short on specifics.
A Great Gettin' Up Morning
 William Rivers Pitt
It's strange. You wait for a day to come, you wish for it and pine for it and imagine what it will be like, you want so badly and wait so long for it to come that you despair it will ever be, and then one day, you're there, and you're not quite sure what to do with yourself. That was today.
More Fright-Peddling, More Bailouts
 William F. Jasper
Round two of the economic crime of the century has begun.
An Ode to Tomorrow
 Eugene Jarecki
Though the future is yet unknowable, let us for a moment imagine that when we wake tomorrow it will be a new day in America
Americans Help Cause Stunning Violence in Mexico
 Mary Sanchez
Mexico is dripping with blood. You may have seen news coverage of the bold murders committed south of the border in the past couple of months. Your reaction might have been similar to that of other Americans.
World Court Says Texas Violated Law by Executing a Mexican Who Doesn't Really Benefit from Their Decision
 Richard Connelly
Jose Medellin is probably in Hell, if you believe in that sort of thing, and we're not sure how good the Internet service is down there. (We're guessing they use Comcast, though.)
Fanaticism
 Jeff Stana
It is important to understand the implications for our democracy, when authoritarian belief systems are tolerated or ignored. Fanaticism is a mental negligence - a ceding of rational thought and strategy to raw emotional belief.
The Folly of Fanaticism
 Alan Burkhart
One would expect that as time goes by and mankind progresses and hopefully becomes wiser, we'd be more likely to take a logical approach to all things. And while some do exactly that, a disturbingly large, and I fear growing, number of people are retreating into fanaticism.
Investigation of Bush Not Worth the Effort
 Ann McFeatters
Despite a formidable to-do list, the next president is being urged by some fellow Democrats and human rights groups to investigate the Bush administrations possible transgressions of law. That would be a bad mistake.
Mexico as a Failed State will Require U.S. Military Intervention
 Michael Webster
The US Department of Defense considers Mexico one of the two governments in the world most likely to suffer a "rapid and sudden collapse" that could require military intervention.
US Vets Health System in Need of Triage
 Aaron Glantz
Eighteen U.S. veterans kill themselves every day. More veterans are committing suicide than are dying in combat overseas. One in every three homeless men in the United States has put on a uniform and served his country. On any given night, the U.S. government estimates 200,000 veterans sleep on the street.
Mexico’s ‘Failed State’ Threat
 The Week
A new Pentagon study “concludes that Mexico is at risk of becoming a failed state,” said Joel Kurtzman in The Wall Street Journal, thanks to its ongoing “vicious drug war.”
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