Opinion
Social Security: keep your eyes on the prize
June 8, 2007Don’t blink your eyes; keep your eyes on the prize. If you don’t, then you’re sure to lose it. Wasn’t it only a couple of years ago that Wall Street and its Bush administration waged a...
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Venezuelans rally against destabilization moves
June 8, 2007News Analysis Watchers of U.S. television coverage of the last couple of weeks’ events in Venezuela might be forgiven for thinking that leftist President Hugo Chavez has been trying to silence the opposition press and that...
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Moore flap could help change U.S. Cuba policy
May 25, 2007News Analysis Earlier this month, filmmaker Michael Moore announced that he had received a letter from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) accusing him of illegal travel to Cuba, and threatening prosecution. Moore...
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Senate debate on immigration begins
May 11, 2007News AnalysisSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has upped the ante in the national debate on comprehensive immigration reform by setting May 14 as the start of floor debate on the issue. Behind the scenes, President...
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Ecuadorians struggle to reshape government
March 23, 2007News Analysis It would seem that formal democracy, which began in Ecuador nearly 30 years ago, and which has been much bragged about by fans of “Western Hemispheric representative democracy,” has definite limitations. The country is...
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