The story Richard Clarke spins has all the suspense of a postmodern geopolitical thriller. The tale involves a ghostly cyberworm created to attack the nuclear centrifuges of a rogue nation—which then escapes from the target country, replicating itself in thousands of computers throughout the world. It may be lurking in yours right now. Harmlessly inactive…or [...]
PRESS RELEASES Publication Date: March 27, 2012 The Institute of World Politics is pleased to welcome Dr. Tania C. Mastrapa as a research professor in Cuban and Latin American studies. ”We are certain that her expertise will further the Institute’s mission and our students’ proficiency in this critical, though under-appreciated, area of study,” says IWP president John [...]
HAVANA — Beneath looming images of Che Guevara and the Virgin Mary, Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday stood in Revolution Square here, the heart of the Castro government, and issued a ringing call for “authentic freedom” in what is consistently ranked as one of the most repressive nations on earth. “The truth is a desire [...]
With a single punch, Trayvon Martin decked the neighbourhood watch volunteer who eventually shot to death the unarmed 17-year-old, then Trayvon climbed on top of George Zimmerman and slammed his head into the sidewalk several times, leaving him bloody and battered, authorities have revealed to The Orlando Sentinel. That is the account Zimmerman gave police, [...]
Panasonic has developed a new WiGig radio chip that uses less than 1 watt of power, making it the most power-efficient WiGig radio chip in the world. The new chip is intended to be used in mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, hence the extremely low power requirements. Prior to the development of this chip, [...]
NEWARK, N.J. – The agency that operates the New York City area’s three major airports wants passengers who don’t turn off their cellphones or tablets before takeoff to pay up or go to court. The executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Monday the agency is considering levying fines [...]
The Castro regime has been promoting “Free Education” since it took over in 1959 and stands tall behind it. It proudly promotes it chest high, throughout the world and aimed directly in a comparison manner, in order to discredit the United States. But in their interpretation of “Free” education they appropriately forgot to mention one [...]
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Cuba on Monday at a moment when the grim reality of living under a dictatorship threatens to overshadow the evangelical nature of his mission. The pope is expected to bring a constructive message about the need for change to a land whose people long for relief, but the Castro regime [...]
PAUL HAVEN Associated Press= HAVANA (AP) — Amnesty International on Wednesday placed four jailed Cubans on its global list of prisoners of conscience, the only inmates on the island to have such a designation, and denounced the Communist-run government for what it called a campaign of intimidation and short-term detentions targeting the opposition. The report, [...]
The parents of a black teenager shot to death by a Hispanic neighborhood watch captain in Florida told hundreds of people at a march in his memory on Wednesday that they won’t stop until they get justice for him. “My son did not deserve to die,” the teenager’s father, Tracy Martin, said after thanking the [...]
A heavily subsidized solar company received a U.S. taxpayer loan guarantee to sell solar panels to itself. First Solar is the company. The subsidy came from the Export-Import Bank, which President Obama and Harry Reid are currently fighting to extend and expand. The underlying issue is how Obama’s insistence on green-energy subsidies and export subsidies [...]
A decision by Cuba’s Roman Catholic cardinal to call police in to remove dissidents occupying a church has sparked an uncomfortable debate about the institution’s role on this Communist-run island at the worst possible moment: just 10 days ahead of a high-profile visit by Pope Benedict XVI. Cuban opposition leaders who had kept their distance [...]
Is President Obama’s birth certificate a forgery? Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., believes it is. He recently held a press conference in Phoenix to discuss the findings of a new 10-page report. Mr. Arpaio’s investigators have come to a stunning conclusion: The long-form birth certificate Mr. Obama released last year is a “computer-generated [...]
Ten videos smuggled out of Cuba’s biggest and reputedly worst prison, in an unusually daring operation by a dissident, show grotesquely dirty toilets, grimy walls, leaking sewage and food described as worse than “animal feed.” “Show this video to the international community, how this miserable dictatorship commits cruelties against humanity,” says the videos’ main narrator, [...]
One corner of Little Havana is getting a make-over. Twenty-three “al fresco” murals of Cuban icons from past and present now grace the exterior walls of the Cuba Ocho Art and Research Center building on Calle Ocho. Commissioned by the art gallery’s owner, Roberto Ramos, the murals pay homage to a range of famous Cuban [...]
HAVANA (AP) — A group of 13 Cuban dissidents who have occupied a Havana church for two days are no longer demanding an audience with Pope Benedict XVI when he visits this month, but vowed Thursday to continue their protest. The dissidents say they are now asking the pontiff to mediate a list of their [...]
“If you have 10,000 regulations,” Winston Churchill said, “you destroy all respect for law.” He was right. But Churchill never imagined a government that would add 10,000 year after year. That’s what we have in America. We have 160,000 pages of rules from the feds alone. States and localities have probably doubled that. We have so [...]
Chipmaker ARM (Nasdaq: ARMHY) has announced a tiny product with huge implications. The company unveiled its ARM Cortex M0+, a 1mm microchip it says can push the edge of the Internet beyond your laptop or PC. Everything is on the drawing board — from a network-enabled fridge to devices powered by your body’s heat. “The [...]
Delving into Miami-Dade’s tricky exile politics, Florida lawmakers passed sweeping but little-noticed legislation this session prohibiting local governments from hiring companies that do business with Cuba. The law appears to target one of the county’s largest contractors: Odebrecht USA, the Coral Gables-based subsidiary of the giant Brazilian conglomerate. The parent company’s Cuban affiliate is participating [...]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Rick Santorum captured twin victories in the Alabama and Mississippi primaries on Tuesday, overcoming the financial advantages of Mitt Romney and the Southern allegiances to Newt Gingrich on a night that amplified his argument that the Republican nominating fight is becoming a two-man race with Mr. Romney. The triumphs by Mr. Santorum [...]