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Al’s Loupe Really… ours the best health care system in the world? By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progreso-weekly.com “I will remember that there is art to medicine … and that warmth,…
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From Eye on Miami  A recent article in The Miami Herald noted that businessman Claudio Osorio filed for bankruptcy. Eye on Miami reported on its own adventure with the political mover…
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By Max J. Castromajcastro@gmail.com While there are a lot of state governments currently vying for the honor, a good case can be made that Florida is the frontrunner in the race for the…
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By Robert ReichFrom the RobertReich blog Why isn’t Washington responding? The world’s third largest economy suffers a giant earthquake, tsunami, and radiation dangers. A civil war in…
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By Bill Press  It must be spring, because Republicans are frolicking through their annual ritual of trying to abolish funding for public broadcasting -- led this time by Majority Leader…
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Reflections by Comrade Fidel Yesterday was a long day. I was paying attention to the ups and downs of Obama in Chile since noon, as I had done the day before with his adventures in the…
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By Paul Haven From Channel 3 News Fidel Castro's surprise announcement that he stepped down as head of the Communist Party five years ago - despite widespread belief he remained in…
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By Tracey Eaton From The Cuba Money Project The Maryland company that hired American development worker Alan Gross won more than $2.7 billion in USAID contracts from 2000 to the third…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times Count me among those who were glad to see the documentary “Inside Job” win an Oscar. The film reminded us that the financial crisis of 2008,…
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By Keith Olbermann From the Fok News Channel This is not to minimize the horror or the suffering of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, but for our purposes here the headline is a…
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