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Cuba stands at a historic crossroads. Down one path lies strict adherence to the revolutionary legacy of the Castros. Down another path lies a revival of Cuba as a playground of rich moguls and shadowy criminal types, as it was just before the revolution. Are there any other paths that Cuba can take?

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. The great Oz has spoken," the actor Frank Morgan thundered in the famous 1939 movie. If you believe in what an outside expert drafted for you to say to your employees, if you were willing to pay the outsider to help you say it, then open the curtain and reveal who scripted the message and managed its delivery.

The Rapid and city engaged in “Witch-Hunt” to silence students, workers

Love, sex, and feminism intertwine in Ohio poet Louise Robertson's wry poetic observations.

"It comes down to this: Bernie Sanders is the one Democrats see as looking out for them—meaning he will build a stronger middle class at the expense of Wall Street. They trust him to do it. In the end, Hillary Clinton has a trust problem."

If either Trump or Cruz is elected president, we could see the largest redistribution in American history from the poor and middle-class of America to the rich.

The lives of both old and young, as they are now lived, are different. Their pasts are different, and so are their prospects.

Younger Cuban Americans are radically departing from the political views of their elders