Author, journalist and Cuba-whiz Anne Louise Bardach hits the nail on the head with a recent article in Pacific Standard magazine. She argues: “We’ll Always Have Fidel.” Continue reading
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![[Blog] Summer Reading: China, North Korea, Russia, Ukraine, Cuba and New York City](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/msi-summer-reading.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Blog] Summer Reading: China, North Korea, Russia, Ukraine, Cuba and New York City")
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[Blog] Summer Reading: China, North Korea, Russia, Ukraine, Cuba and New York City
We’re nearing the end of those “lazy, crazy, hazy days of summer,” as Nat King Cole put it in his 1963 pop hit. The days have been especially lazy, crazy and hazy for those of us who just graduated college. Plenty of time for reading! No syllabus necessary. My picks have taken me to the … Continue reading
Happy 90th birthday to China’s Communist Party
I know you are all jealous of the Mao alarm clock I recently picked up at the Pacific Asia Museum gift shop. When you wind it up, Mao waves his “Little Red Book” to and fro. Happy 90th birthday to China’s Communist Party. Yeah, right. Continue reading
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