By David Simmonds 
I thought I had heard all of the arguments on both sides of the illegal immigration issue, but comedian Mark Kirk, a Republican Congressman from Illinois, has ventured forth with a new proposal, approved by the House, to stem immigration by allowing the U.S. to, get this, give Mexico condoms. Who’s writing this guy’s material, [...]

By David Simmonds 
The McCain Kennedy Immigration bill seems to please no one. Not the Republicans, not the Democrats, and not the Mexicans. It seems as if no one really wants to tackle the issue in terms that people understand. What I understand, very clearly, is that if the Bush administration really wanted to stop the [...]

Have you ever been to Oaxaca City? If not, you are missing one of Mexico’s great towns. With a population of around 260,000, it seems smaller, with a colonial historic center where you can hang for days without being bored.
Yesterday, however, the city center was jammed with thousands of protesters in remembrance of the conflict [...]