Tag: cuba
Obama’s cruel policy reversal on Cuban refugees
January 30, 2017 | Post
For some fifty years, the US has had a policy of welcoming refugees fleeing the brutal communist dictatorship in Cuba. In the 1990s, the policy was changed to “wetfoot, dryfoot,”under which Cubans who succeeded in reaching the United States would be allowed to stay, but those unfortunate enough to be caught at sea were barred. On […]
Commerce is pointing the way to a more peaceful and prosperous Cuba.
January 23, 2017 | Post
Commerce brings out the best in human beings by providing incentives to care about others. Those who can’t rise above focusing on their short-term narrow needs have little ability to meet the needs of others.
Turning away Cuban refugees is a victory for Cuba's dictatorship
January 13, 2017 | Post
For 50 years, America has offered an escape hatch for victims of the Castro regime; now President Obama is slamming it shut.
How Castro Is Like The Minimum Wage
November 30, 2016 | Post
In my mind, then, Castro is a lot like the minimum wage: something we must stubbornly decry even though there are far greater ills in the world.
Visit Cuba? The pros and cons of American tourism
October 14, 2016 | Post
Soon to be legalized Cuban tourism could help lift Cuba out of crushing poverty after of decades of socialism.
How the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion Can Help Us Understand the 2015 Paris Terror Attacks
April 17, 2016 | Post
Today is the 55th anniversary of the disastrous 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, which consisted of a “secret” U.S.-sponsored military operation intended to overthrow the government of Cuban leader Fidel Castro. The invasion failed miserably and was defeated in just three days. What it succeeded in doing was strengthening Cuba’s leadership and its ties with […]
President Obama Visits Cuba, Promotes Freedom
March 30, 2016 | Post
This month, President Obama visited Cuba, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to do so since 1959. The President has been criticized for normalizing the U.S. relationship with Cuba, in light of the country’s Communist regime and human rights abuses. That list of abuses, according to a 2015 report by Human Rights Watch, includes arbitrary […]