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The New HUAC

The New HUAC

By: Daniel Nardini Almost nobody today will remember it, but while it existed the House on Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was one of the most powerful agencies in the United… Read more »

The Classic Movies That Might Never Have Been

The Classic Movies That Might Never Have Been

By: Daniel Nardini When we think of the decade of the 1980’s, one of the films that quickly comes to mind is Back to the Future –the film trilogy about… Read more »

Send in the Doctors!

Send in the Doctors!

By: Daniel Nardini I remember going to a hospital for an emergency problem. I had become infected with a potentially dangerous virus called cellulitis. If not treated it could have… Read more »

Did the Great Recession End?

Did the Great Recession End?

By: Daniel Nardini According to a report put out by Indiana State University, poverty has gotten worse since the Great Recession started. The report, “America’s Poor: During and After the… Read more »

A Unified China: One Country and Two Systems

A Unified China: One Country and Two Systems

By: Daniel Nardini By a wide margin, Taiwan’s current President Ma Ying-jeou was reelected this month. For what has happened in Taiwan over the past five years this should come… Read more »

Mexico: The Bigger Trading Partner?

Mexico: The Bigger Trading Partner?

By: Daniel Nardini During the Christmas holiday last year, I noticed something a little diffferent from past Christmas seasons at my nearest Walmart. This time there were more toys, TV… Read more »

Indiana’s Anti-union Law

Indiana’s Anti-union Law

By: Daniel Nardini Although it has not been signed into law (it has not even been passed), the chances are high that the Right to Work Act before the Indiana… Read more »

Burying Them Bones

Burying Them Bones

By: Daniel Nardini It seems these days that a number of things the federal government is doing is taking good and sound concepts too far. In this case, I am… Read more »

A Promise Never Kept is a Promise Broken

A Promise Never Kept is a Promise Broken

By: Daniel Nardini Just outside the White House, a group calling itself the Witnesses Against Torture held a demonstration on January 11th. The demonstrators wore orange jump suits and sand… Read more »

The Focus on Latin America

The Focus on Latin America

By: Daniel Nardini Maybe his campaign does not stand a snowball’s chance in hell, but I am coming to appreciate Newt Gingrich’s domestic and foreign policy approaches. Not only is… Read more »