I have long been reporting on Castro-ruled Cuba and, indeed, was there not long after Fidel Castro had taken over the country. What became clear, as the number of Castro’s political prisoners increased, was that his revolutionary Cuba was a dictatorship, like the regime he had ousted. After I wrote that, a member of his […]

The Republican of Springfield (Mass.), Dec. 18: The biggest roadblock to a safer game of football might be the players themselves. Chicago Bears safety Chris Conte said he would accept a significantly shorter life if it was the price for playing in the NFL. Conte has suffered two concussions in a sport where brain damage […]

Is Barack Obama’s duty to hear the voices of the entire country, or is it to heed the entreaties of his allies on the left and in the Democratic Party? That is one of the simplest, and also one of the most complex, questions of our time. To ask it is to please conservatives who […]

On Black Friday ”“ the day after Thanksgiving ”“ workers walked off the job at Walmart and some fastfood restaurants ”“ including McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s ”“ in major cities across the country. An article entitled “Walmart protest aims for dignity” appeared in the Scarborough edition of The Current newspaper on Dec. 4. The […]

The Day of New London (Conn.), Dec. 19: President Obama offered a succinct reason for a major change in United States foreign policy toward Cuba: The old policy was an abject failure. “These 50 years have shown that isolation has not worked. It’s time for a new approach,” said the president. In the early 1960s, […]

November brings forth thankfulness to all our military service personal that protect our four freedoms. Two of those freedoms ”“ worship and want ”“ we see on Thanksgiving when families gather together. Our clients give thanks the entire year to those who render support to the pantry. People like: Ira Rosenberg, the employees of Prime […]

Is race a factor in American politics? That has been a tough question to answer, because in recent decades, people have become unlikely to express openly their views on race. Academic analysis has found that people have a “tendency to withhold socially unacceptable attitudes.” And, with the election of African-American Barack Obama as president, some […]