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The Example of West Liberty

The Example of West Liberty

By: Daniel Nardini The small town of West Liberty, Iowa, may be like so many other small mid-western towns in that state. Except for one thing—52 percent of the town’s… Read more »

A Rural Wilderness

A Rural Wilderness

By: Daniel Nardini Most people in Cicero or anywhere in the Chicago area have never heard of Thomson, Illinois. In a way they should have. This was going to be… Read more »

The Stupid Mystery of the Cadborosaurus

The Stupid Mystery of the Cadborosaurus

By: Daniel Nardini In 2009, a video was shot of some large snake-like creature moving in the waters in the Gulf of Alaska. Problem, the video was blurry and you… Read more »

Denying the Extremist Possibility

Denying the Extremist Possibility

By: Daniel Nardini We know only too well the heinous acts of mass murder by an extreme rightwing nutcase in Norway named Anders Behring Breivik. He murdered 87 innocent people…. Read more »

In Honor of Ricardo Alegria

In Honor of Ricardo Alegria

By: Daniel Nardini Puerto Rican Governor Luis Fortuno had declared a five day mourning period for Ricardo Alegria. Ricardo Alegria was not only Puerto Rico’s leading expert on Taino culture… Read more »

Maoism: A Living Radical Force

Maoism: A Living Radical Force

By: Daniel Nardini These days most Americans are concerned, if they are concerned about anything “radical,” is about Al Qaeda and what has been defined as “radical Islam.” But long… Read more »

No More Running to Borders

No More Running to Borders

By: Daniel Nardini A long time ago, there was a place in Oakbrook called Castle of Toys. I used to buy toys there 40 years ago, and they had an… Read more »

Three Things to Fix the Economy

Three Things to Fix the Economy

By: Daniel Nardini Of course, like tens of millions of my fellow Americans, I have no say in the national debt battles being waged in the dysfunctional Land of Oz… Read more »

Bogus Compensation Claim

Bogus Compensation Claim

By: Daniel Nardini In an effort to get himself reelected as president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega and his Sandinista party are demanding that the United States pay U.S. $17 billion… Read more »

TSA—Big Brother is Watching You

TSA—Big Brother is Watching You

By: Daniel Nardini As if it is not bad enough for the Transportation Administration (Agency? whatever!), or TSA, to be virtually strip-searching people going on airplanes, now it is being… Read more »