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The Emerging Middle Eastern Power
By: Daniel Nardini The leader of the PKK (Kurdish initials for the Kurdistan Workers Party), Abdullah Ocalan, is now calling for a permanent ceasefire with the Turkish government and an… Read more
The Trial of Efrain Rios Montt
By: Daniel Nardini I never thought I would live to see what can only be called the trial of a war criminal. Former President of Guatemala, Efrain Rios Montt, did… Read more
Tampering With Creation
By: Daniel Nardini There are some scientists who are thinking the impossible—recreating species of animals that had become extinct. Among some of the animals that may be included in this… Read more
Central America: Rising Group of Latin American Immigrants
By: Daniel Nardini According to the Migration Policy Institute (a non-profit, non-partisan think tank that tracks population movements around the world), the number of people from Central America has grown… Read more
About the Pledge of Allegiance
By: Daniel Nardini When I was a boy, one of the things that I found annoying was saying the pledge of allegiance in school. While it was not law at… Read more
The Rural Doctor Shortage Now
By: Daniel Nardini I know a very good friend who told me recently that he no longer can go and see his family doctor. For years, he had gone to… Read more
A Large Middle Class in Latin America?
By: Daniel Nardini A United Nations’ report released in Mexico City stated that by 2030, many countries in the Third World will have a large middle class. This will be… Read more
What Book Titles Can Tell You
By: Daniel Nardini Every now and then I go to visit a bookstore in one of my favorite shopping malls. The bookstore, Dalton Books, has a lot of books in… Read more
Democracy Alive and Entrenched
By: Daniel Nardini According to its annual report on democracy worldwide, Freedom House states that democracy has not overall advanced for the seventh consecutive year. What does this mean? It… Read more
Lone Star State Out in the Cold
By: Daniel Nardini For Republicans in the State of Texas, it is pay-back time. The defeat of the Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in last year’s election was more than… Read more »