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Some parishioners of St. Patrick's Church were surprised by a letter they found on their windshields after attending a recent Saturday evening Mass. The missive, written by Grass Valley resident Ed Yarborough, accused the church's priest, the Rev. Tim Nondorf, of encouraging illegal immigrants by offering special services, including Mass in Spanish. "Do you believe it's ethical for a clergyman to help criminals break the law?" Yarborough wrote in his public letter. "Aren't illegal aliens criminals? Their very presence in this country is a violation of federal law. Does that not concern you? Didn't Jesus say 'render unto Caesar'?" In...

There have been conferences, academic papers, mock student parliaments and secret meetings on a confederation of the U.S., Canada and Mexico into future North American Union, but, until now, few officials of any of the three countries have publicly called for the creation of a European Union-style merger. In a panel discussion on U.S.-Mexico relations last Tuesday at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Enrique Berruga, Mexico's ambassador to the United Nations, came right out and said a North American Union is needed – and even provided a deadline. Berruga said the merger must be complete in the next...