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Creeping Cuban Capitalism

Creeping Cuban Capitalism

By: Daniel Nardini Fidel Castro would be turning in his grave on this (wait a minute, he’s still alive, right?!). The Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma reported that all Cuban… Read more »

Vacation on the Cheap

Vacation on the Cheap

By: Daniel Nardini Our good friends and neighbors John and Laura have gone to northern Wisconsin for a vacation. They will stay in a log cabin a friend of theirs… Read more »

Crunching by the Tourist Numbers

Crunching by the Tourist Numbers

By: Daniel Nardini No one knows how many Americans will go to Cuba this year. But there is no question that this number will be substantial. One of the travel… Read more »

Anarchy in Minnesota

Anarchy in Minnesota

By: Daniel Nardini Anarchy is defined as a lack of an organized government. Instead people are governed by local councils or another form of personal administration. That seems to be… Read more »

Pets R Not Us

Pets R Not Us

By: Daniel Nardini I have noted that extreme legislation is not just confined to right-wing Republican nutcases. The City of San Francisco is now considering a total ban on the… Read more »

A Time for Confession

A Time for Confession

By: Daniel Nardini Recently I read the confession of reporter, writer and Pulitzer Prize winning author Jose Antonio Vargas. Put on a plane with false documents by his mother in… Read more »

For Truly Secured Communities

For Truly Secured Communities

By: Daniel Nardini What if the local police were taught to view you as a potential suspect without probable cause or a case history of you ever having committed a… Read more »

The New Holy Alliance

The New Holy Alliance

By: Daniel Nardini What do the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce have in common? They are both vehemently opposed to the federal E-Verify… Read more »

The Spanish Media in the Presidential Election

The Spanish Media in the Presidential Election

By: Daniel Nardini A friend of mine once remarked that the United States is unofficially the sixth largest Spanish speaking country in the world. This is because of the sheer… Read more »

One Small Victory is a Victory

One Small Victory is a Victory

By: Daniel Nardini This is the story of Mohammed Azam. An immigrant from Bangladesh, he was brought to the United States when he was only nine years old. In 2001,… Read more »