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Keep Cuba on the State Terror List

Keep Cuba on the State Terror List

By: Daniel Nardini I was one of the advocates for reestablishing diplomatic relations, trade and cultural exchanges with Cuba. I was one of the advocates for taking Cuba off the… Read more »

The Gun Debate: Why No Common Ground on Schools?

The Gun Debate: Why No Common Ground on Schools?

By: Daniel Nardini In Colorado, the state has sanctioned teachers and school staff to carry semi-automatic weapons and handguns. In Maryland, the governor has called for not only a ban… Read more »

Lone Star State Out in the Cold

Lone Star State Out in the Cold

By: Daniel Nardini For Republicans in the State of Texas, it is pay-back time. The defeat of the Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in last year’s election was more than… Read more »

The Emerging Middle Eastern Power

The Emerging Middle Eastern Power

By: Daniel Nardini The leader of the PKK (Kurdish initials for the Kurdistan Workers Party), Abdullah Ocalan, is now calling for a permanent ceasefire with the Turkish government and an… Read more »

The Trial of Efrain Rios Montt

The Trial of Efrain Rios Montt

By: Daniel Nardini I never thought I would live to see what can only be called the trial of a war criminal. Former President of Guatemala, Efrain Rios Montt, did… Read more »

Tampering With Creation

Tampering With Creation

By: Daniel Nardini There are some scientists who are thinking the impossible—recreating species of animals that had become extinct. Among some of the animals that may be included in this… Read more »

Central America: Rising Group of Latin American Immigrants

Central America: Rising Group of Latin American Immigrants

By: Daniel Nardini According to the Migration Policy Institute (a non-profit, non-partisan think tank that tracks population movements around the world), the number of people from Central America has grown… Read more »

About the Pledge of Allegiance

About the Pledge of Allegiance

By: Daniel Nardini When I was a boy, one of the things that I found annoying was saying the pledge of allegiance in school. While it was not law at… Read more »

The Rural Doctor Shortage Now

The Rural Doctor Shortage Now

By: Daniel Nardini I know a very good friend who told me recently that he no longer can go and see his family doctor. For years, he had gone to… Read more »

A Large Middle Class in Latin America?

A Large Middle Class in Latin America?

By: Daniel Nardini A United Nations’ report released in Mexico City stated that by 2030, many countries in the Third World will have a large middle class. This will be… Read more »