Opinion Forum

The Good, Bad, Worse and Worst News from Venezuela

July 22nd, 2011

By Dan Miller The good news is that el Presidente Chávez of Venezuela is reported to have only a fifty percent chance of living another eighteen months. Doctors treating Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez for cancer told him weeks ago that he has only a 50 percent chance of living another 18 months, according to sources […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: cancer, chaos, Chavez, Cuba, death, succession, Venezuela
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If Chavez Dies, What Happens to Cuba?

July 4th, 2011

By Tom Carter We may have a new crisis brewing right outside our back door. Americans, aside from a few dunderheads on the far left, don’t think much of Hugo Chavez, the President of Venezuela. He oppresses his own people and demonizes America at every turn, and if he dies from his current illness few […]

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Tags: Chavez, Cuba, death, Florida, health, instability, oil, refugees, Venezuela
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Silence of Hugo Chávez Fuels Speculation and Rumors

June 27th, 2011

By Dan Miller What would a future with a diminished or dead Chávez mean for the rest of Latin America and for the United States? There have been many articles on the medical condition of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. However, beyond reporting that he was hospitalized soon after his arrival in Cuba on June 8 […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: Chavez, Cuba, death, illness, Jaua, prostate cancer, rumors, Venezuela
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In Memory of Teka, My Favorite Horse

June 24th, 2011

By Dan Miller Teka, my small (about fourteen hands high) Paso Fino – Quarter Horse mix who died on June 23rd due to a snake bite, was my favorite horse; I have never known one better. We knew each other well and I loved him. Here is a photo of Teka taken soon after I […]

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Tags: death, horse, riding, Teka, training
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Color Me Happy

May 3rd, 2011

By Nancy Morgan Color me happy. For the first time in over 10 years, crowds of Americans are waving flags and singing the Star Spangled Banner, celebrating an American victory — the death of bin Laden. Who’d a thunk? Just when I felt progressives had succeeded in turning America into a self-loathing, guilt ridden, multicultural […]

Articles written by Nancy Morgan
Tags: death, justice, killing, Navy Seals, Osama bin Laden, presidential, pride
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