Words Aren't Weapons! (Reason Podcast)
A discussion about last week's congressional shooting, Michelle Carter, Cuba sanctions, and DnD Creator Gary Gygax.
Cuba
Trump Revives Failed U.S. Theory That Cubans Will Be Best Helped by Harming Americans (and Cubans)
The president rolls back some of Obama's "completely one-sided deal with Cuba," reasserts that America will be a champion of liberty in "our hemisphere."
Cuban Libertarians Accused of 'Disturbing Public Order' for Holding Quiet Hunger Strike at Home
The chilling encounter was captured on video.
Another Cuban Libertarian Disappeared; His Associates Fear He's Been Secretly Arrested [UPDATE: Activist Found, Claims to Have Been Beaten]
Nelson Rodriguez Chartrand, involved in poster campaign for previously arrested Cuban libertarians, has disappeared, his associates report.
Cuban Libertarian Party Launched After Arrest of Libertarian Activists
The Party, named after famed 19th century Cuban independence fighter Jose Marti, is putting up posters of the incarcerated activists around Havana.
Baseball Star Jose Abreu Ate His Fake Passport on Flight to the U.S.
The Cuban defector and Chicago White Sox star's bizarre tale is indicative of how ridiculous immigration policy can be.
Obama's Last-Minute Cuba Change Scrambles Immigration Politics, Disrupts Lives
Eliminating 'Wet Foot/Dry Foot' has been a longtime goal of immigration reformers and restrictionists alike, though Cuban-Americans remain split.
Cuban Dissident Artist 'El Sexto' Has Been Sitting in Jail For Disrespecting Fidel Castro
Even with free health care and education, some Cubans are still willing to risk their life for free expression.
Justin Trudeau's Praise of Fidel Castro Gets 'Three Pinocchios'
Turns out you shouldn't trust dictatorships to provide reliable data on health care and education.
HBO Documentaries Illuminate Castro's Brutal Cuba
Two offerings coincide with strongman's death.
Castro Obituarist and Reason Contributing Editor Glenn Garvin Truth-Bombs The Fifth Column
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Castro's 'Accomplishments' in Cuba a Load of Nonsense
Cuba has a two-tier healthcare system like all communist countries, lags in other indicators, and lacks basic human rights.
When Fidel Castro Went on The Tonight Show and The Ed Sullivan Show
There was a time when many Americans perceived Cuba's late leader as a hero.
4 Categories of Castro Apologetics, and the Anti-Individualism That Knits Them Together
Bad things happen when you wave off cases of individual repression, either home or abroad.
Donald Trump Seems Likely to Throw Cold Water on the Thaw in U.S.-Cuba Relations
Following Fidel Castro's death, Republicans want to revert to a policy that failed for half a century.
5 Terrible Responses to Fidel Castro's Death From World Leaders
Politicians and tyrants alike heap praise on the despot who ruled over an island prison nation.
Miami Marlins Pitcher Jose Fernandez, Survivor of Cuba's Castro Regime, Dies at 24
The father-to-be was one of three killed in a late-night boating accident.
Kim Kardashian Loves Cuba! "Like We Stepped Back into a Different Time Period"
Reality TV star apparently unfazed by mass misery and decaying infrastructure.
Cuba's Literacy Rate, Life Expectancy Nothing to Lionize
Dictatorships may value literacy as much as democracies, but they value life a lot less.
Cuban Internet Censorship is a Good Thing, According to The Nation
Venerable progressive mag argues in favor of a repressive regime controlling access to information, because it beats "corporate control."
How Rock Music (Mostly) Defeated Castro's Censorship
The Rolling Stones prepare their historic concert in a country that once banned the Beatles and still harasses artistic free expression
Obama in Cuba: "I Have Come to Bury the Last Remnant of the Cold War"
President tells Cuban people the US will not impose any system on them; calls on Castro to "not fear" democracy.
Trump's Death-Eaters, Cuba's Freedom Fighters, and DiCaprio's Idiocies
Watch Matt Welch on tonight's Kennedy, Fox Business Network at 8 p.m. and midnight ET
Raul Castro Denies Cuba Holds Political Prisoners at Press Conference with President Obama
Dictator makes incredible claim a day after scores of dissidents were arrested.
No, Ted Cruz, Obama's Cuba Trip Is Not 'Appeasement'
Demagogic Cuban-American demagogues in support of a failed policy
GOP Senator: Economic Liberty Will Free Cubans Faster Than Embargo (Duh)
"The economic agenda *is* the human rights agenda," says Arizona's Jeff Flake.
5 Great Quotes By GOP Sen. Jeff Flake on America's Failed Cuba Policy
"These aren't sanctions on *Cubans*," he says, "they are sanctions on *Americans.*"
Feds Say You Are Now Free to Smoke Cubans Outside the U.S.
The old rule notionally exposed Americans to criminal penalties for buying and consuming Cuban cigars while abroad.
Sen. Jeff Flake on Why GOP Cuba Policy Is Wrong
"I have no idea," Lech Walesa told the Arizona Republican, "why you guys have a museum of socialism 90 miles from your shore & you won't let anybody visit it."
Bernie Sanders Supported Press Crackdowns, Bread Lines, and Castro's Cult of Personality
The democratic socialist has a history of defending very undemocratic socialism.
Your Next Campaign 2016 Immigration Controversy: Cubans on Welfare
As two Cuban-Americans fight their way toward the presidency, are Cubans about to lose their special immigration status?
The U.S. Will Finally Lift the Ban on Direct Flights to Cuba
Another step in normalizing relations between the two countries.
"Cuba: the untaught lesson on the perils of socialism"
If millennials really do dig socialism, there's a museum of it just 90 miles south of Miami.
The One Thing Missing From Opening of US Embassy in Cuba? Dissidents
Obama may be mishandling parts of his new policy, but he's right to engage Cuba.
Sharks and Snarks: A Bland Cuban Documentary and Unfunny Noir Parody Inspire Shrugs
Don't expect a whole lot from Tiburones: Sharks of Cuba or The Spoils Before Dying.
President Obama: Why Should Washington Stand In the Way of the American People?
Arguably the best rhetorical question the president's ever asked.
Cuba Being Removed From State Sponsors of Terrorism List
The process to certify Cuba hasn't supported terrorism in the last six months has taken more than four already
Marco Rubio Is the Anti-Rand Paul on Foreign Policy
The two Tea Party senators-turned presidential aspirants present clashing visions of American power
A Truly Egalitarian Internet: In Cuba, the Web Is Terrible for Almost Everyone
Will the country's online connection ever escape the dial-up era?
