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The lie of the sonic attacks
It is unremarkable to see U.S. diplomats jogging along the Malecón, dining at the best restaurants or bathing on the shore. They have never feared being killed or kidnapped, as happens…
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Las Vegas massacre: Counting the victims, denying the causes
What is clear is that this is only the latest and bloodiest in a long list of home-grown, gun-enabled mass killings, a recurring nightmare that has struck elementary schools, university…
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The growing irrelevance of President Trump
Donald Trump is no longer the president of the United States. He has the title and he has the bully pulpit. But he’s not actively governing the United States. That work is happening…
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Latino unemployment rate is back at historic low
The unemployment rate for Hispanics in the U.S. has returned to a historic low last seen more than a decade ago. The Hispanic unemployment rate stood at 4.7% in the second quarter of…
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The Pentagon’s propagandization of American sports
We’re overlooking a very important issue — one that is not solely from Trump’s knee-jerk nationalistic patriotism. We saw it through all eight years of the Obama administration and we…
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The Destabilizer-in-Chief
Donald Trump is the supreme destabilizer in the world today, following in the footsteps and outdoing his destabilizing GOP predecessors George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan. He is George…
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Why we must raise taxes on corporations and wealthy. Not lower them.
Even if Republicans eliminated everything else in the federal budget – from education to Meals on Wheels – they wouldn’t have nearly enough to pay for tax cuts of the magnitude…
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The decadence of Trump’s speech and its dangers
The United Nations is no longer the place where to listen to great statesmen. The pattern of world politics is the lack of soaring ideas and the lack of valor in expressing them. But…
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‘Eargate’ feels like a U.S. operation to undo Obama’s Cuba opening
Since the beginning it has been a strange case. A “Who done it?” of international intrigue. Logic, history and common scientific sense tell us that the culprits are Americans working to…
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The DREAMers, Trump’s blackmail card
Last Wednesday (Sept. 13), Donald Trump met with Democratic leaders of Congress to reach a legislative accord that might protect the DREAMers, undocumented youths who came to the United…
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