Cuba and the US

Ack, Wednesday already!  I have a ton of work to do and about 350 papers to grade still, so unfortunately, no original material from me today.

Instead, I'm doing another shout-out to my little brother, who is now the Editor of the Marketplace segment of the Boston College newspaper, The Heights.  Now, you might be wondering, what the heck is the Marketplace section?  I thought it was financial info.  My friends all guessed the classifieds.  Turns out, it's actually the world news and politics section.  Who knew?

I know the main focus in the news recently has been the Egypt protests, but my little brother's last article was on another interesting world situation-- the lifting of travel restrictions between the US and Cuba, for the first time in almost 50 years.  The article gives some really great history on the issue and some of the arguments for and against the changes.  Check it out!  Definitely could be an interesting change in US/Cuba relations.

Presidential Pardons

I'm so overwhelmed with finals work and grading that I didn't even put something up yesterday.  Eek!

In lieu of that, today you get a link to some work by my little brother, who's been spending this semester writing for his college newspaper.  Check out his newest article here!  Gives you some illuminating insights into the powers of the presidential pardon.

Pretty good writer for a freshman!  (Good job, Dave!)