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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A School Divided
By: Daniel Nardini Imagine what it would be like if one group of students in Illinois was taught U.S. history differently from another group. One group would be taught that… Read more »