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The contrast with Philippine elections couldn’t have been sharper. It wasn’t just the speed with which the results were being tallied that was the source… 11/17/2008
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Opinion & Analysis
Green with envy
An Entourage of Fools
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First, it was retired Philippine National Police (PNP) comptroller Eliseo de la Paz to arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Then came former Agriculture… 11/17/2008
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Obama’s victory: Symbolism, Change and the Need to Rupture
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While racism in America does not disappear completely with Obama’s victory, the result of the US presidential elections reflected a significant change, a milestone in… 11/17/2008
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IMMIGRATION: Living together is not enough for ‘common law’ status
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Q: I just heard today, that getting landed immigration status within Canada through marriage is not really necessary anymore. I heard that if the couple… 11/17/2008
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Greed at the heart of capitalism
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ost mainstream media critiques of the US and world financial crisis point to greed as the underlying culprit. The implication is that if the financial… 11/03/2008
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The usual victim
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A “Right of Reply” law is likely to be passed before Congress goes into Christmas recess this year. As most journalists know—or should—such laws compel… 11/03/2008
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Migrants’ Assembly: Sorely Being Missed in Headlines
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There are two important, parallel events concerning migrants happening in the country from October 28-30. One is the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)… 11/03/2008
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IMMIGRATION: 14-year-old sister ‘not family’
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Q: My question is regarding my 14 year old sister and my ability to sponsor her. I am a Canadian citizen but my sister was… 11/03/2008
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Master of the double standard
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology linguistics professor and political activist Noam Chomsky — the world’s best known public intellectual — says somewhere that the United States’… 10/16/2008
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Capitalism’s unsoundness
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Mike Whitney, in “Economic Depression in America” (June, 2008) writes: “The real origin of the problem is…in the prevailing ‘trickle down’ orthodoxy which opposes any… 10/16/2008
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