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A Shot of Things Happening in Peru

A Shot of Things Happening in Peru

by Daniel Nardini While the U.S. news media is primarily focused on what is happening in the Middle East, the presidential election campaign, the planned deportation of Central American refugees,… Read more »

Bearing the Fruit of Government Incompetence

Bearing the Fruit of Government Incompetence

by Daniel Nardini This is a REAL pickle. If five states are not compliant with the Real ID Act, their state-issued driver’s licenses will be invalid to board an airplane,… Read more »

Child Labor Made Your iPad

Child Labor Made Your iPad

by Daniel Nardini While too much of our news media is focused on the Middle East and on terrorism, we think little about the toys we buy our children, or… Read more »

Preserving the Voices of the Genocide in Guatemala

Preserving the Voices of the Genocide in Guatemala

by Daniel Nardini The Shoah Foundation, created by movie director and producer Steven Spielberg, is now conducting a project to record the oral testimonies of those Mayans who survived the… Read more »

The Vacation Advertising Wars

The Vacation Advertising Wars

The Commonwealth government in Puerto Rico has taken out two page advertisements (in AARP Magazine) for why people should be vacationing in Puerto Rico. At the same time, I have… Read more »

The Romans in Nova Scotia?

The Romans in Nova Scotia?

by Daniel Nardini It has been in the news. A man named J. Hutton Pulitzer claims that a lady, whose grandfather found a Roman sword off the coast of Nova… Read more »

An Americas First Approach

An Americas First Approach

by Daniel Nardini Do any of you remember reading about Peru again being named the best place for culinary food this year by the World Travel Awards? Do any of… Read more »

The Venezuelan Brain Drain

The Venezuelan Brain Drain

by Daniel Nardini The landslide victory of the opposition parties in Venezuela in the National Assembly might signal the end of the revolutionary socialist government that has controlled the country… Read more »

Three Sides to the Gun Issue

Three Sides to the Gun Issue

by Daniel Nardini Recently, another American who accidentally crossed over the border with Mexico was arrested by Mexican border authorities. The American, a former U.S. Marine named Jeromie Slaughter, was… Read more »

The Two-sided Set-up

The Two-sided Set-up

by Daniel Nardini In an interview with the TV program 60 Minutes, former U.S. hostage Alan Gross explained that he had been used by the U.S. Agency for International Development… Read more »