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American Airlines and Cuba

American Airlines and Cuba

by Daniel Nardini Since the embargo against Cuba was eased some years ago, American Airlines has had 20 charter flights per week going to Cuba. Recently American Airlines has announced… Read more »

Yodok

Yodok

by Daniel Nardini This month and year marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz—the largest of the death camps used to kill all Jews… Read more »

Trying to Make Illinois Roads Safer

Trying to Make Illinois Roads Safer

by Daniel Nardini Since a program was put into place to issue undocumented residents in Illinois temporary drivers licenses, this program has issued 85,000 licenses for those undocumented who qualify…. Read more »

Requiring U.S. Citizenship Test to Graduate from High School

Requiring U.S. Citizenship Test to Graduate from High School

by Daniel Nardini The State of Arizona recently passed a law requiring all high school students who intend to graduate to take the U.S. citizenship test in order to graduate…. Read more »

Discrimination Against Muslims in France

Discrimination Against Muslims in France

by Daniel Nardini The Al Qaeda-Islamic State inspired attacks by rogue individuals in Paris is a tragedy and a horrid crime that has led to the killing of dozens of… Read more »

Viva Cuba Business

Viva Cuba Business

by Daniel Nardini Diplomatic relations have not yet been established and the U.S. embargo of Cuba has not yet been lifted, but there are already signs of people and companies… Read more »

Trashing the Fourth Amendment

Trashing the Fourth Amendment

by Daniel Nardini In both 2004 and 2009, a Latino lady named Ada Morales was imprisoned for a minor traffic violation. Why? Because Immigration and Customs Enforcement had put an… Read more »

The Danger of Myanmar’s Opium Trade

The Danger of Myanmar’s Opium Trade

by Daniel Nardini Without question, most of the world’s opium comes from Afghanistan. This comes as no surprise—the Taliban use the profits from the opium trade to finance their operations,… Read more »

Recognize Taiwan!

Recognize Taiwan!

by Daniel Nardini Whether the United States will actually establish full diplomatic relations with Cuba remains to be seen. There is no doubt that U.S. President Barack Obama will be… Read more »

Forces Behind the Cuba Normalization

Forces Behind the Cuba Normalization

by Daniel Nardini I am happy and grateful that Alan Gross is free at last and reunited with his family. I wish this freedom had come for Gross some time… Read more »