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Guest Dispatch: Cigars and Law Schools in Havana

By On January 22, 2012 · 1 Comment

By Keith Fernandez

 “A large number of [‘study-tour’] programs are for a short duration, allow for limited interaction with the Cuban people, and include lengthy unscheduled time periods to permit largely tourist activities to be accomplished.  Such travel does not promote a genuinely free exchange of ideas between Cubans and American students.” – Commission for [...]

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Guest Dispatch: The Cain Mutiny

By On October 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

By Guillermo Vallejo

This week’s GOP Presidential Debate showed what happens when a candidate offers a bold vision without comprising core values.  All the candidates zeroed in on Herman Cain and his 9-9-9 economic plan.  For those of you who have been living under a rock for the past few weeks, Herman Cain has surged [...]

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Guest Dispatch: “A Republic if we can keep it”

By On August 3, 2011 · 2 Comments

By Guillermo Vallejo

Get the bottles of champagne ready to go.  A debt deal “solution” was finally reached.  Hopefully, you see through the media hype and realize this solution was no solution at all.  For weeks we heard most pundits appeal to bipartisanship, civility and pragmatism.  Our political leaders claim that they have reached a [...]

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Guest Dispatch: Medicaid and the States, A Cautionary Tale

By On June 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment

By Guillermo Vallejo

One of the big headlines yesterday and today is the revelation that President Obama’s health care law would allow several million middle-class people to enroll in Medicaid.  You heard it right folks, after Obamacare kicks in a couple with an annual income of $64,000 would qualify for Medicaid.  Not surprisingly, the Obama [...]

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Guest Dispatch: Medicare and the Do-Nothing Democrats

By On June 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment

By Guillermo Vallejo

Democrats have been giddier than a kid in a candy store since their special election victory in New York’s 26th district last month.  They believe that this is a sign of things to come in 2012.  More than anything else, Democrats believe that Medicare is the issue that will lead to Republican [...]

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Guest Dispatch: A Supreme Pardon

By On May 24, 2011 · 1 Comment

By Guillermo Vallejo

Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled that California’s cramped prison population must be reduced by more than 30,000 inmates. The Court, in a narrow 5-4 decision, ruled that the persistent overcrowding of the state’s prisons had led to a “systemic violation” of the Eighth Amendment. Once again, the Supreme Court has taken it [...]

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