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Stiffing Havana
President Obama promised to reach out to Cuba, in hopes it would encourage reform. But now that the Castro brothers are actually following through, Washington is missing in action.
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Buying an election
By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com
The great American humorist Will Rogers (1879 –1935) once quipped that “we have the best Congress money can buy.” I wish he could see us today.…
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Dodd: Improve relations with Cuba
By Marcus Hatfield
From the Journal Inquirer
U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd renewed his call to improve relations with Cuba and ease the United States’ “isolationist policy” toward…
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Don’t count on Tea Party for fire protection
By Bill Press
Did you ever wonder what it would be like if the anti-government tea party crowd actually took over? Well, now you know. Just consider what happened recently in rural…
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Christopher Columbus was no hero
By Angelica Salazar
Eighth grader, Colton Adams asks, “Why does Christopher Columbus earn the term ‘hero’”? Is it because he found Cuba? He thought Cuba was Japan. He killed people…
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Dwight was right
By Michael Moore
So ... it turns out President Eisenhower wasn't making up all that stuff about the military-industrial complex.
That's what you'll conclude if you read Bob Woodward's…
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Cuba premieres violent reality show
By Saul Landau
On September 27, Cuban state television aired a new kind of Reality Show featuring a strange “black hat” as people call the bad guys in the old oaters. Francisco Chavez…
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Sit down, shut up and eat your peas!
By Bill Press
Liberals are unhappy. Of course! Liberals are always unhappy. It's their nature. But, this time, liberals are especially unhappy because both the president and vice…
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Another dead end in the Middle East?
By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com
The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have reached a predictable impasse. Despite pleas from virtually the entire international community -- including…
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Absent at the creation
By Julia E. Sweig
From The New York Times
A radical new phase in Cuban history is unfolding in plain sight. But unlike the rest of the world, Washington appears not to notice.
Under…
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