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World Tai Chi Day in Cuba
By: Daniel Nardini Last Saturday, April 30th, Cubans of all ages held a demonstration of Tai Chi exercises in celebration of World Tai Chi Day—a sort of holiday of the… Read more
End of An Era in El Salvador
By: Daniel Nardini In a landmark decision of the Salvadoran Supreme Court, the court ruled that the Christian Democratic Party and the National Conciliation Party no longer had enough votes… Read more
The Hole in the Budget Argument
By: Daniel Nardini In an effort to help the Libyan rebels, U.S. President Barack Obama has announced that the United States is giving $25 million in “non-lethel aid.” This includes… Read more
Killing National Defense
By: Daniel Nardini Interestingly enough, human rights advocates and pro-immigration supporters are not the only ones concerned about what is being called “birthright citizenship” being erased from the 14th Amendment… Read more
Et Tu, Georgia?
By: Daniel Nardini The Georgia State Congress passed legislation that requires state and local police to check the immigration papers of all people they may have a “suspicion” of being… Read more
When Deserters Are Heroes
By: Daniel Nardini In an effort to break from its past, the Austrian government has recognized those Austrians who deserted from the German armed forces during World War II as… Read more
Re-examining the Founding Fathers
By: Daniel Nardini One of the things that many Republicans, and indeed many rightwing religious and extremist groups have been arguing for almost two decades now is that the “Founding… Read more
Of Fakes and Impostors
By: Daniel Nardini Sometimes the news seems to be unreal. Three cases in point. Old rusted copper tablets that were believed to have been early Christian records of the 1st… Read more
Madman of the Arizona Senate
By: Daniel Nardini In yet another act that has put Arizona on a collision course with the federal government, the Arizona state legislature has approved a law that requires all… Read more
Continuing Saga of the U.S. Iraq War Deserters in Canada
By: Daniel Nardini Two important things have happened in the past two years. First, a Canadian Federal Court of Appeals this year has ruled that U.S. Iraq War deserter Jeremy… Read more »