India Shift

Ideas and Issues International Personal Writings

Chicago        Prime Minister Singh took a big political chance on a confidence vote, essentially substituting the left parties that formed with his Congress Party, the UPA coalition, with a collection of right parties, sufficiently to win the right to continue bargaining a treaty for nuclear assistance from the USA.  Had he lost the vote, …

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Dreams of Fidel

Ideas and Issues Personal Writings

New Orleans        Woke up this morning rubbing my eyes and scratching my head.  The only dream I could remember featured Fidel Castro as a major player.  Huh?  Doctor!  Doctor!     Somehow he was sitting in the corner on the floor of a room I didn’t recognize, but felt comfortably like home.  My whole family …

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