Tag Archives: Recount

Mourning Fidel and What Next for Cuba

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Adiós Fidel: Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro was cremated yesterday at the beginning of nine days of official mourning. His ashes will be taken on a grand farewell tour of the country before he is buried at Santiago de Cuba, …

Cuba’s Fidel Castro Dead at 90

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Rum and Coca Cola: Fidel Castro is dead at age 90. The lawyer whose small band of jungle revolutionaries toppled the corrupt government of Cuba and established a communist government that has annoyed and sometimes threatened the United States, ruled …

Stein wants Recount, Aretha Carries the Tune

Friday, November 25, 2016

Ree-count:  The Green Party and its defeated presidential candidate Jill Stein say they have raised $3.5 million to force recounts of the Nov. 8 election results in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, three states where Donald Trump won, but barely. Stein …

Food Fight, Education and United Nations

Thursday, November 24, 2016

The Family Feud: It’s Thanksgiving. Television news and late night comedians have put out national security alerts about how to avoid family arguments at the dinner table. The only thing really worth arguing about is how and when to make …

Meaning of Progressive, Trump Tantrum

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Will Work for Change: In a New Hampshire town hall meeting last night Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton staked out their ground on which is the true “progressive” candidate. “I do not know any progressive who has a super pac …