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The Border Patrol way station

According to The Guardian newspaper, 5,900 active-duty U.S. troops were deployed to the border with Mexico eight days before the midterm elections, seeking to inject fears over immigration into the campaign, and to ensure the president goes down in the history books as the man who saved America from a couple of truckloads of unarmed women and children.


How to make Christmas even better for everybody

It’s time for my recommendations for Christmas. For all of our griping about how Christmas has changed from the days we were getting gifts of oranges, handkerchiefs, cufflinks, stockings and ties (and what man didn’t want a LOL Santa tie with his nose lighting up?), the truth is the yuletide season really isn’t commercial enough, according to those people who understand the economics.

Conspiracies can go too far

“El Chapo,” the alleged drug cartel chieftain, is having his day in a U.S. court right now. He’s claiming innocence, and his formal defense, according to many sources, is that he was framed by a vast conspiracy.

The coming era of introversion

Kaspersky Lab,  a multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider, has reported that 72 percent of people in Mexico admitted using their device to pretend to be busy and as a distraction for people when they do not want to interact with others.