Author: Robert Scheer

Sometimes the reality you encounter is so mind-numbingly depressing that it leaves you not wanting to go on even thinking about the subject at hand. Three “bummers” that come to mind are a horrible disease with no cure in sight, the proliferation of nuclear weapons to rogue dictators and the endless stupidity of gun violence...

 Where did all of those people come from? This past September the world’s conscience was suddenly confronted by an unprecedented stream of migrants and refugees—mostly from Syria, but also from Iraq, Libya, Kosovo and Afghanistan—seeking asylum in Europe. Some countries, notably Hungary, turned their backs on those suffering foreigners. Others, led by Germany and Sweden,...

 Viva hookers, rum and cigars! The booze, the fried plantains and everything else just tastes better down there. Before the U.S. slammed the door shut in October 1960, Cuba was a veritable paradise. No one idolized it more than war correspondent, novelist and adventurer Ernest Hemingway. And not just for the great fishing. The casinos...