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Leakey’s Leap of Faith
By: Daniel Nardini In a recent interview, the famous archeologist Richard Leakey said that eventually people will have to accept the evidence that all humans descended from remote human-like creatures… Read more
Happy Days in Eastern Germany?
By: Daniel Nardini I have a close friend named Constanze. She was originally born and raised in what used to be the German Democratic Republic (also known as East Germany)…. Read more
Mexican Cinema Making a Return?
By: Daniel Nardini Everyone considers the 1940’s and 1950’s as the golden age of Mexican cinema. Mexican movies were not just playing and being enjoyed in Mexico but in the… Read more
The Reds Are Still There
By: Daniel Nardini In this day of age, it does not seem that there are too many people in the world (never mind too many people in the United States)… Read more
Bring the Troops Home!
By: Daniel Nardini Even now, the U.S. military maintains 54,000 soldiers in Germany, 11,000 in Italy, and 9,000 in Great Britain. There are 39,000 American soldiers in Japan, and the… Read more
The Dream of Becoming a Lawyer
By: Daniel Nardini We all have dreams of what we will do in life—especially when we are young. When we graduate from college, we all have the belief and hope… Read more
Was Pablo Neruda Murdered?
By: Daniel Nardini Some time ago I did a piece on the possibility that the famed Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was possibly murdered. Now the Chilean government has opened a… Read more
Beginning of a True Multicultural Society?
By: Daniel Nardini In 2011, the U.S. Census revealed for the first time that there are now more minority newborns than white non-Hispanic newborns. In the U.S. Census, a minority… Read more
Flag Waving and the Flat-lined Economy
By: Daniel Nardini A week ago I was visiting a friend of mine who runs a flag store. Like all businesses, he has better sales during some months compared to… Read more
Let Them Eat Unemployment Checks
By: Daniel Nardini Well, the U.S. Congress passed yet another bill that would allow for unemployment checks to go through. That sounds good—think of all the people who need the… Read more »