MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
http://www.wbur.org/npr/471410913/watch-live-president-obama-delivers-speech-in-havana
While Europe is exploding, again, My President gave this wondrous speech in Havana this morning that knocked my socks off!
There is Castro in the bleachers (one of many Castro Bros) applauding.
Barry is calling for freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to vote....
He went on and on and on.
This is where we are, says he.
This is where we could be.
THIS IS MONUMENTAL.
I still think that historians will look back on this day fifty years from now and see that history was made today.
Yes, Cuba has imprisoned political dissidents.
SO HAVE WE.
Forget GTMO for a minute. We have imprisoned people of color for months and even years without bringing the suspects to trial. Speedy trial as a right? Reasonable bail as a right?
He who has not sinned cast the first stone.
This was a big moment in history, today