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Puerto Rico is a colony, not a commonwealth

In a recent article in a left periodical about the fiscal crisis in Puerto Rico, the author attributed the woes of the island nation to misdirected economic policies of the “Puerto Rican Commonwealth’s government.” The piece...

CARTOON

Israelis see their own nation as neighborhood bully

You can see Lebanon from my sister’s backyard. She and her family and thousands of others in northern Israel live with a constant roar of gunfire — mostly from Israeli cannons aiming to kill Lebanese, occasionally...

LETTERS

Don’t leave, Citgo When Citgo headquarters in Houston, Texas, announced that they would not be delivering gasoline in many parts of the United States, two kinds of North Texans were dismayed. One group consisted of progressive...

EDITORIAL: Cuba stands tall

On July 26, 1953, small bands of militants attacked two Cuban Army installations in eastern Cuba. Most of the young revolutionaries were tortured and killed. The survivors went on to oust the U.S.-backed Batista dictatorship. July...