Opinion Forum

Will the United States Make the Fantasies of a Young North Korean Come True?

April 1st, 2013

By Dan Miller How close are we to becoming what the young girl in this North Korean video thinks all countries should become? The Religion of Kim in North Korea The North Korean propaganda video presented below was released several years ago and was apparently designed to show the life of a family in (comparatively […]

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Tags: Chavez, Kim, North Korea, Obama, propaganda, racism, religion, Venezuela
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Three Articles About Venezuela Today

March 22nd, 2013

By Dan Miller One suggests some basis for hope, another writes about oppression by Chavistas and the third pursues the same theme. El Presidente for Life, THugo Chávez, died on or before March 5, 2013. He may have died in Cuba, in Venezuela or perhaps elsewhere. There has been much speculation but nobody who knows […]

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Tags: Capriles, Chavez, Chavistas, elections, food, Maduro, resources, Venezuela
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Chávez Got Reelected; What about the U.S. November Election?

October 8th, 2012

By Dan Miller Chávez is said to have got fifty-four percent of the vote. Assuming that he did, why and does it augur anything for our own election? Here are some thoughts from my favorite Venezuelan blogger, Daniel Duquenal (pseudonym) about yesterday’s election. A student of Venezuela, he lives and votes there. He also dislikes […]

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Tags: corruption, dependency, election, Obama, racism, Romney, U.S., Venezuela
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September 11, 2001 as My Wife and I Remember It

September 11th, 2012

By Dan Miller We had arrived in Venezuela from Bonaire a few days previously for a quick visit. During much of 2001, we lived on our sailboat in Bonaire, enjoying the scuba diving once or sometimes twice daily. Every ninety days, we generally left Bonaire because tourist visas were valid for only ninety days and […]

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Tags: 9/11, Americans, Chavez, Panama, solidarity, sympathy, Venezuela
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President Obama Has Failed to Tell Enough Stories

July 13th, 2012

By Dan Miller That’s what he says has been his greatest problem as our President. Therefore, it must be true. President Obama’s plight is a sad one, because he has done an historic and truly remarkable job in every other respect. Due to my post-partisan concern for his continued success, I have thought long and […]

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Tags: campaign, DPRK, election, Obama, policy, satire, stories, Venezuela
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