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Hong Kong on the Precipice

Hong Kong on the Precipice

By Daniel Nardini As Chinese troops are massed on the border separating the city and territory of Hong Kong from the rest of China, the question seems to be if… Read more »

Mental Health Care in Crisis

Mental Health Care in Crisis

By Daniel Nardini In the rural town of Mount Carroll, just 25 minutes from the Mississippi River in northwest Illinois, is a health clinic which provides services for people who… Read more »

Cry “Fascist”

Cry “Fascist”

By Daniel Nardini I see this word almost every week. The term “Fascist” is used to describe either U.S. President Donald Trump or some rightwing rally or some state or… Read more »

The Butcher of Beijing Dead

The Butcher of Beijing Dead

By Daniel Nardini I hope there is an especially warm place for Li Peng in Hell. Li Peng, nicknamed the “Butcher of Beijing,” was one of the architects of the… Read more »

The Scourge of Malaria Returns to Venezuela

The Scourge of Malaria Returns to Venezuela

By Daniel Nardini When I was in Venezuela, one of the things that I did not have to worry about was getting the dreaded disease malaria. Before I ever went… Read more »

ANTIFA Seriously Attacks and Injures a Journalist

ANTIFA Seriously Attacks and Injures a Journalist

By Daniel Nardini If this had happened at an alt-right rally and demonstration the U.S. mainstream news media would have been all over this. This happened however at a left… Read more »

The Keep Illinois Families Together Act

The Keep Illinois Families Together Act

By Daniel Nardini In reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump’s angry rhetoric of threatening to arrest, imprison and deport immigrants, some states are answering with measures to protect those immigrants—whether… Read more »

Forget Slavery Reparations

Forget Slavery Reparations

By Daniel Nardini I NEVER thought in my life that I would agree with anything U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell has said, but for once I have to agree with the… Read more »

Why the Creationist Controversy Remains

Why the Creationist Controversy Remains

By Daniel Nardini In the U.S Supreme Court case of Edwards vs. Aguilard, it was ruled that creation science, which is the concept that all life on Earth was created… Read more »

Americans Divided Over Venezuela

Americans Divided Over Venezuela

By Daniel Nardini As we hear the stories of Venezuelans fleeing their country, of the Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro crushing any and all dissent, and of the Russians, Chinese and… Read more »