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Very often, this is simply not the case. The actual number of Spaniards or "Spanish" entering the U.S. represents only a minute fraction of Hispanic immigration. Some have argued that the term is perfectly justifiable and legitimate because the origin of all Spanish-speakers can be traced back to Spain...
...emphasis on pro-work welfare reform. A covert way of pandering to white rancor? Funny, nobody thought so when Jesse Jackson was calling for such measures in 1988. Contrary to popular belief, welfare payments -- including Aid to Families with Dependent Children and food stamps -- make up only a tiny fraction of the federal budget, around 3%. Reform designed to promote work, not dependence -- combining earned-income tax credit and measures to promote, or at least not penalize, savings -- would cost more, no question. Yet there is good reason to think that Americans, who are skeptical of handouts, will shell...
...family values to salve the nation's social ills. The far right would go further, getting the government out of the workplace but into private homes, backing stricter laws against abortion, restricting the rights of homosexuals and widening censorship. Though these so-called cultural conservatives represent only a small fraction of the electorate, they are a powerful force in Republican politics and provide much of the seed money and ground troops essential to winning elections...
...YEAR IN PERSONAL COMPUTING HAS got even crazier. Compaq, which set off a fierce price-cutting war this summer when it slashed its PC prices one-third, has trimmed the tags on some models an additional 32%, bringing the cost of its cheapest desktop machine to below $800 -- a fraction of what customers were paying for PCs with a lot less memory and power just a few years...
Foreign policy has been the step-child issue of this election year, receiving only a fraction of the attention it did during the Cold War. Most observers believe this has hurt President Bush, whose strength seems to lie in foreign policy skill. But a closer look at Bush's handling of foreign affairs reveals not just the lack of a clear moral vision for promoting democracy but serious mishandling of certain world events...