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Cuba and the Council on Foreign Relations

Out of the shadows, a little-known but powerful organization has stepped out this new millennial year advocating a more accommodating stance with the communist regime of Fidel Castro. This new age of reconciliation is being ushered in by this organization in a comprehensive report that, among other things, advocates accommodation instead of confrontation with the …

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The Politics of Psychiatry in Revolutionary Cuba by Charles J. Brown and Armando M. Lago

This slim tome can be read in one or two settings — if one can stand the poignant drama and the horror stories recounted in the pages of this book. The Politics of Psychiatry only came to my attention because its documentation value was mentioned in two special issues of The New American magazine chronicling …

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Psychiatry in a Communist Utopia

I recently read a book that should shock freedom-loving and civil-liberty-loving readers, even the libertarians, Objectivists, and Americans of other political persuasions who (thanks to Dr. Thomas Szasz) have come to be skeptical and even critical of psychiatry, particularly in the courtroom. The Politics of Psychiatry in Revolutionary Cuba by Charles J. Brown and Armando …

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Gore’s Environmental Hypocrisy; Castro’s Chernobyl

Although it is not yet mid-autumn (and we are already experiencing record low temperatures in certain areas of the country), presidential candidate Al Gore, you can be sure, will continue to preach about the perils of global warming, ozone depletion, and the burning of fossil fuels. In fact, environmental and ecological concerns about the latter …

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