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...difference between this six-year old-girl from Haiti and her more famous male counterpart from Cuba is that the latter is deemed a political refugee, while the former is merely fleeing economic misery. The gap in treatment between these two children illustrates one of the most ideologically problematic distinctions in U.S. immigration policy. As tensions between Cuba and the U.S. ease and the political climate in Haiti becomes less stable, America should ease its restrictions against Haitian immigrants...
...Board of Overseers's 30 members serve six-year terms. Five members are elected annually. All graduates of Harvard University are eligible to vote in the election by returning the ballots they receive in the mail...
...smell the burning rubber? Savor it - it's the scent of the speeding U.S. economy squealing to a much-needed slowdown. As if to bolster the prevailing psychology of caution, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday that housing starts on multi-unit buildings, a key indicator, were down to a six-year low in March, a decidedly large drop from December's record high. Simply put, the plunge in starts means that fewer builders are breaking ground on apartment and condominium complexes...
Just when we thought we had moved on from the Columbine High shootings of last spring, an even more bizarre tragedy has occurred. On Feb. 29, a six-year -ld boy in Mount Morris Township, Mich. toted a .32 caliber handgun in his backpack and emptied a fatal round into the chest of six-year-old Kayla Rolland...
Blood-soaked playgrounds conjure up images of the innocent victims of war-torn nations in far-flung places. We as a nation have been slow to awaken to the urgency of the blood being spilled in our own backyard. Last week, a Michigan first grader shot and killed six-year old classmate Kayla Rolland, and in so doing, reminded us of our delinquency in responding to schoolyard shootings with adequate measures...