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By Bill Press If there's one special talent of Republicans, it's turning a nothing issue into a raging controversy. They've done it before: with Van Jones, ACORN, and Obama's birth…
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By Luis Sexto Lexicographers demand it: dictionaries must define words cleanly so their meaning may come through, uncontaminated by ideology or political interests. Because if the…
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Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com I write this on Earth Day, Sunday, April 22, 2012, the forty-second anniversary of the date that has come to symbolize the birth of the…
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Al’s Loupe Is David Rivera already imprisoned by his own truth? By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com Under normal circumstances David Rivera would probably be facing the…
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By Peter McKenna From The Chronicle Herald (Canada) In the wake of the recent Summit of the Americas in Colombia and his official visit to Chile, Prime Minister Stephen Harper needs to…
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Photo by Aurelio Pedroso By Aurelio Pedroso 21 April 2012 The private initiative boom seems to be unstoppable and irreversible when compared to one of Cuba's three main problems:…
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Last year Florida Governor Rick Scott signed into law a disturbing bill that requires all persons who apply for welfare in the state to undergo drug testing. The results, as reported by…
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By John Parisella From Americas Quarterly Last weekend’s Sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, ended on a discordant note with no final communiqué outlining a joint…
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By Harry Sterling From TheStar.com Once again Prime Minister Stephen Harper is odd man out with other political leaders, angering fellow hemispheric politicians by his veto blocking…
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Marco Rubio keeps insisting he’s not interested in the vice presidency. But his words at a breakfast sponsored by the National Journal at the University of Phoenix seem to indicate…
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