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That said, few doubt that Obama will have an easier time selling the idea of reform that legalizes current undocumented immigrants if he can argue that the reforms would be accompanied by serious enforcement, something that never happened after the last legalization effort. "We know that one-sided reform, as we saw in 1986, cannot succeed," Napolitano said in November. "During that reform effort, the enforcement part of the equation was promised, but it didn't materialize...
...opposition parties to date. It is a development that would undoubtedly please Suzman. Even so, her passing - and the memory of her lifelong struggle as peaceful objector - casts all of today's South African politicians in a less than flattering light. Even faced with a stronger opposition, few doubt that the next South African president will be Jacob Zuma, the A.N.C. president, and a man who has been tried and acquitted of rape and has faced persistent allegations of corruption. Would he do any better than Mbeki, I asked? Unlikely, thought Suzman. "Nobody knows what he wants," she said...
...Israeli offensive continues, the greater the damage to all the Arab moderates the U.S. has been hoping to rally in an alliance against the likes of Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hizballah. Knowledge that pummeling by the Israelis will shift more political support from moderates to Hamas is no doubt fueling diplomatic efforts to force a truce...
...Newly independent nations took on the white man's burden, however, and surpassed their former overlords' expectations. The target of Mill's doubt, India - with some 3,000 castes, 22 official languages and at least 10 distinct faiths - is the world's most populous democracy, despite the efforts of insurgents and religious extremists to derail it. Indeed, in the aftermath of the recent Mumbai terror attacks, the city did not erupt in sectarian riots as some had feared it would. Back in 1949, B.R. Ambedkar, the low-caste architect of India's constitution, called democracy "topdressing on Indian soil...
...Kinsley gets my vote for insight of the year [Dec. 22]. I don't like high gas prices any more than the next guy, but I would rather put the money to good use in the U.S. than send it to OPEC. The American people have demonstrated beyond a doubt that they can and will get by with less gas if there is a compelling reason in the form of a higher price at the pump. The enormous, unstated side benefit of Kinsley's proposal is a huge step toward energy independence. Who did not enjoy seeing the OPEC ministers...