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Clueless Cheney Tries to Scare Us into Drilling Everythingnew

With gas prices hovering over $4 a gallon across the U.S., the doyens of petrophilia are pulling out all the stops in an effort to get the U.S. to lift all environmental restrictions on drilling for oil. The latest salvo came when Dick Cheney repeated a claim by columnist George Will that the Chinese are drilling for crude in conjunction with Cuba off the coast of Florida.
Philadelphia City Paper  |  David Faris  |  07-01-2008  |  Commentary

Tim Pawlenty Flip-Flops on Cuba Just in Time to Cozy Up to McCainnew

In late April, the fiscally conservative, free-trade Republican Governor from Minnesota, vetoed a non-binding resolution urging the president and Congress to end the embargo, which surprised some local Cuban-Americans. Of course, the elephant in the room is Pawlenty's Pennsylvania Avenue ambitions.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Matt Snyders  |  06-11-2008  |  Politics

Che Won't Go Awaynew

In the 40 years since his murder by the CIA and elite Bolivian Rangers, Guevara has been fashioned into a unique bridge between radical politics and popular culture. In a paradox that would baffle Leon Trotsky, Che is simultaneously a universal symbol of resistance and an object of commercial merchandise.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Mick Farren  |  05-16-2008  |  Commentary

Cuba Librenew

With Americans craving political change, it's been useful to see the U.S. response to Fidel Castro's resignation; the biggest change the northern hemisphere has seen in a while.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly  |  Bruce Wark  |  03-03-2008  |  Commentary

Cuba's Destinynew

Regardless of who leads Cuba, the embargo must go; that alone will help uplift the Cuban people.
INDY Week  |  Lisa Sorg  |  02-21-2008  |  Commentary

An Iran-Contra Conspirator Joins the Swift Boat Crowdnew

Felix I. Rodriguez, who ran Ronald Reagan's mission to arm the Nicaraguan Contras, claims John Kerry has lied about him. In 1987, the Democrat's committee concluded that Rodriguez had helped steer drug money to the Contras.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  Bob Norman  |  09-28-2004  |  Politics

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