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Real accountability requires real choices
National: With fresh data showing that students in the United States are falling further behind their international peers, a commitment to universal parental choice at all levels of government is needed now more than ever. Comment.
U.S. diplomats warned about Stanford
National: KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A newly revealed U.S. cable portrays American diplomats in the Caribbean as being so concerned about bribery and money-laundering rumors related to Texas financier R. Allen Stanford that they warned embassy officers to steer clear of him as early as 2006. Comment.
What’s all this this fuss about tax increases
National: The national conversation on our fiscal health for the past few months has been about whether to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for households with incomes over $250,000, or to allow them to expire on Dec. 31. To my amazement, lost in all this controversy and discussion has been any mention of what this would really mean for high-income people in the context of historical tax rates. Comment.
The TSA Grinch Gropers
National: You’ve heard the horror stories: pat-downs that err on the side of groping, body scanners that allow another to see you — all of you, even of children and babies being searched and scanned. Comment.
US issues Haiti travel alert
National: The United States Department of State has issued a new travel warning for Haiti, urging citizens against non-essential travel. Comment.
From dream to nightmare, deportations soar in U.S.
National: NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2010 - While the U.S. Congress idles on the passage of the DREAM Act, immigrants here face ever harsher treatment. The rate of deportations has increased by 1,200 percent since 1990, from 30,000 per year then to a staggering 360,000 under the Barack Obama administration. Comment.
Barack Obama may have saved his presidency
National: “Obama Announces ‘Framework’ for Deal With Congress to Extend Bush-Era Tax Cuts.” That was the lead headline at this morning’s FoxNews website. It’s an eye-grabber, for sure. Comment.
A cynical portrait of the DREAM Act
National: In a new report, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) paints a misleading financial portrait of the DREAM Act. The report, entitled Estimating the Impact of the DREAM Act, claims that the bill would be a burden on U.S. taxpayers and would “crowd out” native-born students in the classroom. However, the available evidence does not support either of these dire predictions. In fact. Comment.
1,000 Haitian orphans stuck in legal limbo
National: Washington, D.C. – Approximately 1,000 Haitian orphans who left the earthquake-ravaged country for the United States before all of their administrative steps were finalized are now facing legal limbo and fewer legal protections. U.S. senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and Mary Landrieu (D-LA) last week announced final passage of legislation to clear the way for these adopted Haitian orphans who were granted humanitarian parole to the U.S. to become citizens. Comment.
Guyanese U.S. doctors team-up to save lives back home
National: Collie Oudkerk and Wayne Sampson knew what to expect when they decided to volunteer for a medical mission 10 years ago in the deprived areas of Guyana. Comment.
Let’s pay our debt to the veterans
National: I’m calling for help for our homeless veterans. Firstly, please allow me to salute every American service man and woman presently in combat, veteran and their allies. It is my distinct honor and privilege to publicly say thank you for your love and courage, and thank God for you all. Comment.
Lawmakers return to Capitol to clean up leftovers
National: WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress resumed its lame-duck session work Monday with the two parties sharply divided over how to deal with the George W. Bush-era tax cuts due to expire at year’s end. Comment.
Momentum builds for passage of the Dream Act
National: Hundreds of community members joined Rep. Nydia Velazquez, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, chair of the CHC’s immigration task force at a rousing rally in Brooklyn on Nov. 21, to ramp up momentum for the imminent vote on the DREAM Act during the lame duck session. Comment.
Not befitting Charlie’s last hurrah
National: An editorial in one of the city’s dailies, commenting on the House ethics committee’s vote to censure Congressman Charlie Rangel, made this point: “We suppose that future violators are not likely to be so obviously self-defeating. They will be more cunning.” Which cues us to wonder whether an inability to be “cunning” is basically why the congressman stands today in some rather awkward shoes. Comment.
