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Off to Vietnam

Off to Vietnam

By Daniel Nardini For all my readers, all those of you who possess iphones (and that is just about everybody), the chances are they may be Samsung Galaxies. More than… Read more »

The Cuban Jewish Community in Solidarity with Alan Gross

The Cuban Jewish Community in Solidarity with Alan Gross

By Daniel Nardini Despite the type of government the Cuban people live under, there are those ready and willing to risk the wrath of their own government for a simple… Read more »

About Traveling to North Korea*

About Traveling to North Korea*

By Daniel Nardini I feel especially sorry for the family of former Korean War veteran Merrill E. Newman. I am thoroughly convinced that he said something that he should not… Read more »

Secession Sentiment?

Secession Sentiment?

By Daniel Nardini I remember some downstate Illinois legislators (who shall remain nameless) proposing that Chicago be made a “separate state” and allowed to be separated from the rest of… Read more »

More Trouble in Toyland

More Trouble in Toyland

By Daniel Nardini In a report put out by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, an independent consumer group, the number of recalls for toys is down compared to 2012…. Read more »

Oscar Lopez, Political Prisoner?

Oscar Lopez, Political Prisoner?

By Daniel Nardini I find it hard to understand how the term “political prisoner” can be used for people who were found guilty of committing acts that would make them… Read more »

The Unlucky Fisherman

The Unlucky Fisherman

By Daniel Nardini This story reminds me of too many I had personally covered in Mexico, and why many Mexicans were eventually forced to leave their country. The story of… Read more »

One Brave Publisher

One Brave Publisher

By Daniel Nardini                                    The state Texas Board of Education is considering what textbooks to allow into the state public schools. Among the books that the board must consider are… Read more »

The Continuing Mystery of the Native Americans

The Continuing Mystery of the Native Americans

By Daniel Nardini                       A discovery made back in the 1920’s may in fact have an important consequence for some of the origins of the earliest ancestors in the Americas…. Read more »

What is the Capital of Canada Again?

What is the Capital of Canada Again?

By  Daniel Nardini                              Maybe I should not be surprised that many kids from our public schools do not know the capitals of those countries that border us (Canada and… Read more »