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The Sanitized, Sanctimonious States of America
 Phil Hoskins
We are a nation that loudly proclaims liberty and freedom yet we are among the least free people on earth when it comes to simply being a human being.
A Final Gut of the Constitution
 Doug Thompson
The United State Senate Wednesday gutted what little is left of the American Constitution, capitulating once again to the most unpopular President in history, giving him virtually unlimited powers to spy on Americans while shielding his co-conspirators - telecom companies - from prosecution.
Behind the Enemy Lines of Drug Wars
 Extra News
There is a reason why they call organized crime organized. The recent events in México demonstrate a high level of activity that suggest how closely integrated and cooperative the drug trade has become.
Mexico's Drug War at Crisis Point
 Clarence Page
While most of us north of the border have been absorbed with our presidential sweepstakes and other happenings, our southern neighbor has exploded into the full-scale drug violence previously associated with Colombia or Peru. For now, we're not sending troops, just money.
A Time to Demand a Stand With Workers
 Isaiah J. Poole
One year ago today, a Senate Republican filibuster killed the Employee Free Choice Act, and with it died one of the most important things Congress could have done to repair the economic damage done to working-class families caused by decades of conservative economic policies.
A Wary Friendship
 The Economist
Amid bad temper and wounded pride, Mexico and the United States inch towards compromise on a plan to boost the fight against drug crime.
Time for a Grand Inquest Into Bush's High Crimes
 Robert Borosage
According to the leading case on presidential powers, if Bush's extreme assertions of power are not challenged by the Congress, they end up not simply creating new law, they could end up rewriting the Constitution itself.
Border Fence Is Not the Solution
 Albert Lea Tribune
If you need evidence that racial prejudice exists in America and in American political decisions, just look south to the Mexican border.
Is Everything Out of Control?
 Alan Fram & Eileen Putman
Is everything spinning out of control? Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas prices are skyrocketing. Home values are abysmal. Air fares, college tuition and health care border on unaffordable. Wars without end rage in Iraq, Afghanistan and against terrorism. Horatio Alger, twist in your grave.
Mr. Bush v. the Bill of Rights
 The New York Times
In the waning months of his tenure, President Bush and his allies are once again trying to scare Congress into expanding the president's powers to spy on Americans without a court order.
Officials Must Save Plan to Aid Mexico
 San Antonio Express-News
When it comes to the Mexican drug wars, the United States is making the right move but sending the wrong message. Congress is considering a massive funding bill to help its neighbor combat the drug cartels — right move. But Congress is also considering linking the support to human rights reforms in Mexico. And that is the wrong message.
John McCain's Chilling Project for America
 Elliot Cohen
A McCain administration would rule by fear, perceive right in terms of military might and subscribe to the idea of "do as I say and not as I do." As a consequence, instead of rebuilding the image of America as a model of justice and civility, it would further sully respect for this nation throughout the world.
Obama's VP Dilemma
 Dan K. Thomasson
Now the real war begins and the question most strategists are asking about Barack Obama is: Can he win it without Hillary Clinton on the ticket?
Corruption Worsens Border Woes
 Dallas Morning News
Officers on the take from people smugglers quickly become susceptible to the corrupting influences of drug and arms traffickers and money launderers. Increasing the pay of border patrol officers can go only so far in solving the problem.
Mexico's Extreme Makeover
 Christian Science Monitor
Call it Mexico's second revolution. A government campaign to root out corrupt cops and smash drug cartels has escalated into the kind of violence that hints it is working. Why then is the US Congress challenging an aid package aimed at helping Mexico become a lawful, prosperous country?
Attack of the Speech Police
 Dan K. Thomasson
If there is any other reason to be sick and tired of the presidential election campaign aside from the fact it has gone on longer than America's participation in World War I, it is the sudden emergence of the speech police ready to parse every remark for political correctness.
How Birthrate Is Turning Modern Conventional Warfare on Its Head
 Gary Brecher
A bizarre new trend is emerging: traditional armed conquests are increasingly less effective, and countries with high birthrates have the edge.
Remember Why It's Called Memorial Day
 Dale McFeatters
The price of going somewhere this Memorial Day weekend is up. Gasoline is closing in on $4 a gallon and a major airline wants to charge you $15 to check a bag. But then the cost of staying home for Memorial Day is up too. The ingredients of a backyard barbecue are up 6 percent over last year. However, there is one constant in Memorial Day - its purpose.
The McCain Doctrine: Back to the Cold War in Latin America
 Al Giordano
The new divide and policy debate over US policies in Latin America is like nothing seen in recent decades of US politics. And with the two presidential candidates on opposite sides, and neither backing down, finally, at long last, a US presidential election has turned into a referendum on US relations with the rest of “the country called América.”
It's Not Just Mexico's War
 Chicago Tribune
Within weeks of being sworn in as Mexico's president in December 2006, Felipe Calderon launched a scorched-earth assault on the drug cartels that infest the Sierra Madre Occidental. The blow back has been breathtaking.
Stranded in Suburbia
 Paul Krugman
If we're heading for a prolonged era of scarce, expensive oil, Americans will face increasingly strong incentives to start living like Europeans - maybe not today, and maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of our lives.
The Bushes and Hitler's Appeasement
 Robert Parry
The irony of George W. Bush going before the Knesset and mocking the late Sen. William Borah for expressing surprise at Adolf Hitler's 1939 invasion of Poland is that Bush's own family played a much bigger role assisting the Nazis.
A Disgraceful US Farm Bill
 NYTimes
Congress has approved a $307 billion farm bill that rewards rich farmers who do not need the help while doing virtually nothing to help the world’s hungry, who need all the help they can get.
1968 and the Birth of Diversity
 Mario Osava
The year 1968 has become a symbol, but not necessarily one that is easy to sum up. High-profile violent events involving multitudes of people marked it as revolutionary, but it is hard to define the nature of that revolution. Endless enigmas and controversies still surround it.
Is Who Becomes the Next President All That Matters?
 Danny Schechter
I know. I know. How this is the most important election in history, and why the next occupant of the White House will not only be answering the red phone at 3 a.m. but possibly be saving these not always United States from the decline that even Time magazine has announced the country is facing.
The World at 350: A Last Chance for Civilization
 Bill McKibben
Even for Americans, constitutionally convinced that there will always be a second act, and a third, and a do-over after that, and, if necessary, a little public repentance and forgiveness and a Brand New Start - even for us, the world looks a little Terminal right now.
Cuba's Continued Crisis
 VOA
Is change finally coming to Cuba? One might think so from this year’s May Day rally in Havana, presided over by Raul Castro, not Fidel. Reforms were announced to reduce central planning in the island nation’s farm sector, and gone were the former strongman’s fiery - and windy - speeches that once kept the ceremonies going most of the day. This year the celebration was over in a business-like two hours.
Let's Bank on Rebuilding America
 Isaiah J. Poole
Instead of a silly argument over a "gas tax holiday," we desperately need a serious discussion about the nation's infrastructure. And there is a good legislative proposal that could be the basis for that discussion.
Putting President Ahead of People
 Stephen Mathis
As House Republicans push for a vote on the Senate's revision of the Protect America Act, one key point has been lost in the debate: The Senate version of the legislation would do more to protect the Bush administration than it would to protect Americans and their rights.
Cinco de Mayo is Important to All of Us
 Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Cinco de Mayo represents an important celebration of freedom for America's neighbor to the south. And when the holiday arrives Monday, it is one in which freedom-loving people in this country should join in celebrating.
Is Trade the Problem?
 NYTimes
Americans are angry about trade, and a lot of politicians — especially the two Democratic presidential candidates — are eager to capitalize on it.
Food Riots Erupt Worldwide
 Anuradha Mittal
Food riots are erupting all over the world. To prevent them and to help people afford the most basic of goods, we need to understand the causes of skyrocketing food prices and correct the policies that have fueled them.
Homeownership Ideologues
 Dean Baker
The economy is sinking into a recession and faces the worst financial crisis since the depression. The unemployment rate is rising, the foreclosure rate is soaring and home prices are plummeting. It's time to settle some scores with the people who brought us to this sorry state of affairs.
Time to Stamp Out ID Theft
 Jim Boren
No wonder identity theft is the fastest-growing crime. Our common sense hasn't caught up with our technology. We let anyone have our Social Security and driver's-license numbers. We might as well leave our wallets on a store counter and walk away. A thief with a computer can quickly empty our bank accounts.
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