Pedro Pierluisi actually said...

In closing, I want to make this point. ... it is more important for me to secure justice for my people than it is for me to be polite.

Self determination is a choice among options that can be implemented not an exercise in wishful thinking.

It should come as no surprise, given our lack of political power, that the federal government often uses that license.

The wish of the American citizens who voted on this question was clear: Congress should admit Puerto Rico in the Union on an equal footing w...