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An American Held Hostage in Venezuela
By: Daniel Nardini It seems that there is a growing number of rogue countries that are using U.S. citizens as hostages, as bargaining chips against the United States. There is… Read more
Bolivia’s USAID Moment
By: Daniel Nardini It seems to have become fashionable among wacky leftist governments to accuse the United States of things that seem almost like bad scripts from the famous TV… Read more
The Rubio Witch Hunt
By: Daniel Nardini U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (Republican-Florida) is not known for being “soft” on the undocumented. Unlike the hardcore, extreme rightwing Republicans who want no immigration reform, Rubio is… Read more
Alabama’s Anti-immigrant Law Crushed
By: Daniel Nardini In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld lower federal court decisions that Alabama’s immigration law was unconstitutional. The law, known as HB (House Bill)56, required… Read more
Bringing the Mentally Disabled Out of the ICE Black Hole
By: Daniel Nardini In 2008, a man named Mark Lyttle was imprisoned by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Lyttle, a U.S. citizen, was also mentally disabled. He was mistaken… Read more
Amnesty for Iraq War Deserters
By: Daniel Nardini Former U.S. Army Private Kimberly Rivera* will go on trial in a U.S. military court for desertion. If found guilty, she could face many years in prison… Read more
Cinco de Mayo: The Deadly French Connection
By: Daniel Nardini We know that Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) was the Mexican victory over the French forces of Emperor Napoleon III in 1862 at the First Battle of… Read more
The Strange Case of Enidris Siurano Rodriguez
By: Daniel Nardini It seems an unlikely case on the issues of free speech and prejudice. A 15 year-old high school student named Enidris Siurano Rodriguez refuses on principle to… Read more
Home-Grown Jihadis
By: Daniel Nardini There are still too many holes in the stories about the alleged bombers Dzhokar and Tamerlin Tsarnaev. We may never fully know what exactly motivated them to… Read more
The Secret Guatemalan Police Archives
By: Daniel Nardini They had been lying in an abandoned warehouse for decades. The archives of the former Guatemalan National Police might hold the keys to what happened to the… Read more »