Just received a wonderful invitation, to a worthwhile rally. I wish I could attend. Here it is, in both English and Spanish. It doesn't matter if you are not Venezuelan. If you care about freedom and democracy, and you can go, take the time. It would also be wonderful to have lots of Cuban exiles [...]

      UPDATE UPDATE, 10 pm Boston time, 16 April, from the Boston Globe: 3 killed, at least 133 injured in Boston Marathon blasts EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY AMONG THE DEAD; AT LEAST FOUR OTHER CHILDREN AMONG THE INJURED, INCLUDING A TWO-YEAR-OLD WALL STREET JOURNAL CONTINUES TO PROVIDE FULL MINUTE-BY-MINUTE STREAMING UPDATES: HERE BREAKING: BOSTON (AP) [...]

Same old, same old... Episode number 234,978 Greedy ingrates from reformist paradise attempt to flee from their utopia.   Cruise ships intercept them.   Archaic law forces U.S. Coast Guard to ship them back to the utopia they tried to flee, where they will be severely punished. Worst news of all (for their friends and [...]

Aaaahhh, those French.  They don't know how to handle pickpockets from "Eastern Europe," but they sure know how to fund extremely important research, on issues of supreme importance. And they also know how to claim time and space in the news media, day after day, as the world slides down the slippery slope to ruin. [...]

Aaahh. Mon Dieu.  These damn immigrants, ruining everything, everywhere.  Ingrates. In a European socialist paradise, those in need are taken care of by the government, n'est ce pas?  And the needy from other countries are welcomed with open arms.  Then why do they turn around and spit in the stew? Because European socialist utopias refuse [...]

Breaking News: Intellectuals around the world have begun to express their admiration for the high level of seriousness and the intellectual sophistication being displayed by Nicolas Maduro in his electoral campaign for the presidency of Venezuela. "We haven't seen thinking this deep since Jacques Derrida and Emmanuel Levinas were still among us," said Pierre De [...]

An essay worth reading, even if you are already aware of the way in which the ostensibly "neutral" media skews perceptions towards the left while hiding behind the smokescreen of objectivity. ....and if you find these comparisons disturbing, wait till Fidel shuffles off  his mortal coil and goes to his eternal reward.  The list of [...]

Dante Burlone, a paparazzo who has been stalking Beyonce and Jay-Z during their Cuban vacation has managed to intercept one of the many postcards they sent to their friends and acquaintances back in the U.S.A. According to Burlone, the text on the reverse  reads: Havin' a blast.  Dey think we're gods. Stinkin' donkey fart island. [...]

 From The Washington Examiner, a very perceptive comparison Guns and babies: A tale of two massacres David Freddoso You might not know it, but there's a mass murder trial going on in Philadelphia. There has been plenty of courtroom drama, and the death penalty remains a possibility. The media are seldom shy about such sensational [...]

Call it schadenfreude, or delighting in the misfortune of others.  Call it slumming, or Hell-diving, or repression voyeurism, or poverty porn, or anything else you want.  It's always a banal disgrace, no matter what you call it. Some denizens of the first world love to visit the world's worst dictatorships, even when tropical beaches and [...]

The return to South Africa of several medical students who were displeased with their training and living conditions  in Castrogonia continues to attract the attention of the South African press. And it appears that some in South Africa and neighboring countries seem to be gaining awareness of the medical school scam foisted on third-world countries [...]

Considering that most American presidents are elected by a narrow margin, the findings of a recent poll on conspiracy theories seem to prove that we are all in big trouble.  This was a survey of voters, not just of potential voters.  In other words, the survey reveals that many of those who actually cast votes [...]

From The Committee to Protect Journalists Blog Press Freedom News and Views Haunted by cancer after Cuba's Black Spring By Alfredo Felipe Fuentes/ CPJ Guest Blogger As the world welcomes celebrated Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez on her first international tour in a decade, we must also remember journalist Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias, who continues to [...]

Chavistas Bribe the Military in Caracastan With 20,000 Cars This may seem like pulp fiction, but according to ABC Spain it is most definitely not. It appears that election rigging may have reached a new level in Venenozuela, thanks to the "advisers" sent there by the Castro Kingdom. ABC Spain reports that Cuban officials in [...]

From Reuters and L'Osservatore Romano: Fidel and Raul Castro Dead; Pope Involved The lives of brothers Fidel and Raul Castro ended tragically late at night on Easter Sunday as a result of a heated argument between the two long-time rulers of Cuba. Although the Cuban government has yet to announce these deaths, a Vatican spokesman, Monsignor [...]