On November 25, 1999, three Cuban refugees were rescued off the coast of Florida. It was a story made for Thanksgiving, and one the refugees, six-year old Elián Gonzolas, quickly captured the imaginations of two countries. The situation, though, would soon be overwhelmed by politics. Castro demanded that the boy be returned to be his father in Cuba; the Cuban-American community insisted that he belonged in the United States. The Thanksgiving rescue story, and Elián himself, would soon be lost within the controversy.

Click here for the full review by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.

Once upon a time, one worried about protecting his or her kids from the type of porn one might find at the local drugstore.   In that quaint time, placing a brown cover over the offending material, or simply putting the magazines behind the counter, solved much of the problem.  With the internet, however, the problem has become more pervasive and invasive.  Spam and pop-up ads attack even the most pure-at-heart computer user, while libraries force even their god-fearing patrons to sign pledges to avoid smutty-net pages.  But what if some curious kid really wants to find smutty-net pages?  Well, the net shows little prejudice.  Almost anyone, it seems, can hook up to a computer somewhere that will reveal a world that will make the old Hustlers look tame.  Call it a new kind of democracy.

Click here for the review by Ronnie D. Lankford Jr.