Category: Opinion
Claim Puerto Rico as the 51st state of the United States of America
By: Alec Young Puerto Rico’s possibility of statehood is not a new topic nor is it such a priority...
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Jussie Smollett and the distrust of law enforcement
News outlets in America have relentlessly covered the incident involving actor Jussie Smollett and...
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Political agendas should not deter progress on pressing issues
Idealism won’t solve long-standing economic and social issues in America. Although Democrats...
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The future of our politics is at stake
All elections are about the future of our country, but this one is about the future of our...
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State of exception
By Enrique Vázquez Quintana, MD What is a “state of exception”? To begin, very few lawyers are...
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The cost of privatizing public utilities
It truly seems that “those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it” as...
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Puerto Rico needs judicial review
By Enrique Vazquez-Quintana, MD The principle of Judicial Review was introduced by Supreme Court...
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A Government of seven Presidents
By Enrique Vázquez Quintana, MD In 1889, encouraged by a group of Harvard intellectuals, the US...
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Trump’s trip: Consoler in Chief or Annoyance in Chief
Donald Trump’s response to the humanitarian disaster in Puerto Rico has been widely criticized....
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When the colony bites back
During the last weekend of September, President Donald Trump launched a tirade against San Juan...
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Hillary Clinton for President
Voting is already underway in many states in what will likely be the most consequential election...
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We are dancing on a volcano
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter observed, in a speech from the Oval Office, that the United States...
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