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Some thoughts on the coming election, Nov. 2020
August 29, 2020
There seems to be next to little left to write about with respect to the coming election of 2020. It is truly difficult to determine truth from fiction, fact from fraud, honest opinion from outright lies and prevarication of the grossest sort. If words truly carry the day in any way, then we are in […]
Taking a Privilege
March 19, 2020
I am taking a privilege today to tell you about a forthcoming visit to the University by Ambassador Lino Gutiérrez, former U. S ambassador to both Nicaragua and Argentina. He served as U. S. ambassador to Nicaragua from 1996-1999 and as ambassador to Argentina from 2003-2006. Ambassadors hold the highest foreign service assignment to the […]
How Not to Change a Latin American Government: The Bay of Pigs, Redux
May 26, 2019
How Not to Change a Latin American Government: The Bay of Pigs, Redux We have written about Cuba and the United States a few times in the past. There are remarkable similarities between the early 1960s and Venezuela and the United States today, giving some credence to the old adage that history does occasionally repeat […]
Backchannel Negotiations
July 13, 2017
The most famous back-channel negotiations in modern history occurred in October 1962. They far surpassed in importance the recent hoopla on Jared Kushner and the Russians, and, furthermore, underscore the commonplace of it all. Kushner was just following some tried and true trails blazed over the centuries by others who got involved in diplomacy. To […]
Bible Gateway’s Verse of the Day
- Deuteronomy 18:15 December 10, 2023“The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.”
August 11, 2023
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