Mexican police chief flees to US, asks for asylum
One has to admire the naive idealism of youth: that brave willingness to make a difference combined with a near-total ignorance of the hopelessness and futility of their efforts. I really do admire people like that, because they sometimes accomplish amazing things.
Failing state watch: Mexican soldiers arrested for drug smuggling
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The United Nations as farce: an insult to the world’s women
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DID YA KNOW: If the unborn could speak, they’d be pro-choice!
Well, ok. I know it sounds a little goofy but world-renowned expert on … nothing … Cenk Uygur, MSNBC commentator and occasional fill-in host, apparently has the inside scoop on what the unborn would say if they could actually speak. Mark Finkelstein reports: