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American Children on the Other Side of the Border

American Children on the Other Side of the Border

By: Daniel Nardini This is the story of those American-born children of Mexican parents who were taken to Mexico once their parents were deported or left on their own. Contrary… Read more »

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth is in Freeport

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth is in Freeport

By: Daniel Nardini Sensata Technologies, located in Freeport, Illinois (our backyard), has announced that it will close its manufacturing plant in Freeport and ship all of its manufacturing jobs to… Read more »

Americans in the Soviet Slave Labor Camps

Americans in the Soviet Slave Labor Camps

By: Daniel Nardini It is one of the least known facts of the history of the former Soviet Union. During the Great Depression of the 1930’s, when as much as… Read more »

Prohibition and the Soft Drink Ban

Prohibition and the Soft Drink Ban

By: Daniel Nardini New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg seems to more interested in “protecting the public’s health” than doing anything about unemployment or poverty. But I will not debate… Read more »

The Shot that Brought Communism to Cuba

The Shot that Brought Communism to Cuba

By: Nardini This year, on July 26th, marks the 59th anniversary of the failed attack on the Moncada barracks in Cuba. On July 26th of 1953, then lawyer Fidel Castro… Read more »

It’s Still the Poverty Stupid!

It’s Still the Poverty Stupid!

By: Daniel Nardini No matter what may happen in the rest of the world, and no matter what the headlines may be right now, the four issues that will really… Read more »

One Slipped Through the Cracks

One Slipped Through the Cracks

By: Daniel Nardini My heart goes out to all the families and loved ones who lost someone at that movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. My heart also goes out to… Read more »

The Bigot Behind the Law

The Bigot Behind the Law

By: Daniel Nardini As I have learned from experience, laws are only as good or as bad as the people who make them. Laws that protect and serve are made… Read more »

The Right Wingers, They are a Creeping into the System

The Right Wingers, They are a Creeping into the System

By: Daniel Nardini I am hearing all kinds of non-sense from a whole lot of people that make me wonder if I am living in a fascist Twilight Zone. I… Read more »

No Child Taken Away!

No Child Taken Away!

By: Daniel Nardini There are a number of cases like this one happening in various states. This case in particular happened in Missouri. The real danger here is that it… Read more »