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The Pyongyang Restaurant
By: Daniel Nardini I found this oddball piece of news in an Asian daily newspaper. A Dutch entrepreneur named Remco van Daal set up a North Korea-style restaurant in Amsterdam,… Read more
Out of Control Birther Law
By: Daniel Nardini It was once said that if some new trend starts in California then it will eventually sweep the nation. I can safely say that if some new… Read more
The Beauty That Was the Printed Encyclopedia Britannica
By: Daniel Nardini A long time ago, my mother was a sales lady for the Encyclopedia Britannica. In appreciation for her efforts, the Chicago branch of the Encyclopedia Britannica company… Read more
Caught in Angry Alabama
By: Daniel Nardini American labor activists from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) are going to Seoul, South Korea, to hold protests with their South Korean union counterparts to put… Read more
The Undocumented Americans in Mexico
By: Daniel Nardini I remember when I was in Guadalajara, Mexico, a long time ago, I met a lady who was working in a private tourist booth with pamphlets and… Read more
Puerto Rico: Speak English Or Else!
By: Daniel Nardini This is probably the biggest nail in the coffin for a Rick Santorum presidency. The hopeful Republican presidential candidate went to Puerto Rico where he told the… Read more
Justice for the Sterilized Women of Peru
By: Daniel Nardini Recently the Peruvian government has reopened its investigation into the forced sterilization of Peruvian indigenous women in the 1990’s. The question is how far this investigation will… Read more
French Xenophobia
By: Daniel Nardini It seems that race and ethnic hatred along with xenophobia are not American monopolies during elections. The same is happening in France. Yes, France is having a… Read more
The Obama Myth
By: Daniel Nardini U.S. President Barack Obama. For many people they see very different things about this man. There are people who see him as not a U.S.-born citizen. There… Read more
Sports Hate Speech
By: Daniel Nardini The whole immigration debate has not only turned extremely ugly, but it has turned extremely ugly in an area that had until recently been free of it—sports…. Read more »