An avalanche of criticism from English-only advocates has tumbled down around US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's recent comment that Americans should get their children to study Spanish or another second language. Obama is absolutely right. We live in a global economy and whether it's Spanish, French, Russian or Chinese, Americans lag behind the rest of the industrialized world when it comes to mastering a second -- or even a third -- language.
Although Obama's comments also included unwavering...
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