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Where No Cure Has Yet Been Found

Where No Cure Has Yet Been Found

By: Daniel Nardini Puerto Rico has declared a dengue fever epidemic this month. So far, there have been 4816 cases, including 21 cases of the fatal strand of the hemorrhagic… Read more »

Will We Still Have Amtrak in Ten Years?

Will We Still Have Amtrak in Ten Years?

By: Daniel Nardini On October 19th, an Amtrak passenger train running between Dwight and Pontiac in Illinois achieved a speed of 110 miles per hour. This is the fastest Amtrak… Read more »

Civil War by Other Means

Civil War by Other Means

By: Daniel Nardini The Colombian government and the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) are in the process of trying to negotiate a peace deal that will see the FARC… Read more »

The Waffen SS in Cuba

The Waffen SS in Cuba

By: Daniel Nardini I could not make this one up to save my life. It has been revealed by the German foreign intelligence agency Bundesnactrichtendienst (BND) that Cuban dictator Fidel… Read more »

ICE=GESTAPO

ICE=GESTAPO

By: Daniel Nardini It was a quiet, autumn morning in Detroit, Michigan. Many people were going to work. A group of Latino parents were seeing their kids off to school… Read more »

The Student Loan Time Bomb

The Student Loan Time Bomb

By: Daniel Nardini Here is a sobering piece of information. As of now, student loan debt now costs the United States one trillion dollars. In other words, the more students… Read more »

Another Kind of Voter Fraud

Another Kind of Voter Fraud

By: Daniel Nardini You can choose between a Democrat or a Republican. For a good part of our history, we have had two ruling parties—the Democratic Party (founded in 1828),… Read more »

Last Lenin Statue in Mongolia Falls

Last Lenin Statue in Mongolia Falls

By: Daniel Nardini In Mongolia’s capital of Ulan Bator, the last statue of former Russia Communist rule Vladimir Lenin was removed. Many Mongolians threw their shoes at the statue as… Read more »

What if Cuba Had Nuclear Weapons?

What if Cuba Had Nuclear Weapons?

By: Daniel Nardini This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was in October of 1962 that then U.S. President John F. Kennedy told the Soviet… Read more »

Watching the Powers That Be

Watching the Powers That Be

By: Daniel Nardini One of the most important uses of mobile phones these days is making sure that peoples’ constitutional rights are protected. Sometimes, the lawful authorities do not act… Read more »