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Mitch PerryJanuary 14, 2015

Tampa area Democratic Congresswoman Kathy Castor met on Wednesday with Roberta Jacobson, the U.S Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs. Next week Jacobson will be part of a U.S. contingent of diplomats that will travel to Havana for two days for talks on migration and normalization of relations with the communist island government. The Congresswoman’s press secretary […]

Martin DyckmanDecember 23, 2014

Insanity has been defined often (though most likely never by Albert Einstein himself) as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. By that standard, the U.S. embargo on trade with Cuba is a spectacular example of insanity. After almost 53 years, it still is nowhere near to bestowing liberty on the […]

Jac VerSteegDecember 21, 2014

The headline in the South Florida Sun Sentinel was, “Putin: ‘External factors’ led to economic woes” and continued, “Russian President…blasts West’s moves.” The Miami Herald’s Web site headlined the story, “Putin: West wants to defang, declaw Russian bear.” In the Tampa Bay Times, it was: “Putin blames West for Russia’s economic woes.” They – and […]

Guest AuthorMay 15, 2014

What do Preparation H and Florida’s U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio have in common? Nothing! But if he thought he could turn curing hemorrhoids to his political advantage, he’d claim to have come up with a plan faster than you could say, “Cuba sí, Castro no!” Laughably uninformed, he’s nonetheless convinced himself and (what’s left of) […]

Bob Buckhorn neutral about establishing a Cuban consulate in Tampa

Martin Dyckman: Cuban embargo a spectacular example of insanity

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Castros ‘re-gift’ blame-America excuse to Putin

Stephen L. Goldstein: Marco Rubio has a cure for hemorrhoids and all of America’s ills