Commentaries

Society & Culture, Educational
Argentina: Repeating the Tragedy of Venezuela
It appears that Argentina and Venezuela have more in common than meets the eye. They were both Spanish colonies, have a majority Catholic population, once enjoyed a vibrant and growing economy—and they are both falling headlong into chaos, bankruptcy, civil unrest and massive poverty.

Society & Culture, Educational
The Misleading Genderqueer Dialectic
The term genderqueer has appeared out of thin air and is supposed to mean that a person is attracted to male or female, both or neither. It is a self-identifying label that also means that one is neither male nor female but an androgynous hybrid or rejection of both. If this seems confusing—it is.

Society & Culture, Educational
Cuba’s Free Trade Farce
With more than 54 years of consistent economic failure to their credit, Cuba’s communist dictators, the Castro brothers, are now about to show the world how to do business by building a new deep-sea port in the small town of Mariel, 30 minutes from Havana.

Society & Culture, Educational
North Korea’s Faux Freedom
Communist North Korea is in the news again for something it does well—practicing hypocrisy and tyranny. This case involves nine young men between the ages of 15 and 23 who heroically endured severe hardship that included frostbite, malnutrition and regular beatings during a four-year effort to escape the dreadful conditions in their homeland.