TERRORISM AND CIVIL SOCIETY AS INSTRUMENTS OF US POLICY IN CUBA
Using the debate centering around the island nation's recent crackdown, Phillip Agee relates his experiences as a CIA agent and the US' not-so-secret campaigns of subversive action campaigns againts Cuba.
(Granma, unearthed by Cuba News Digest)

REPORT FROM SANTIAGO: 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
The following are some some impressions of the celebration in Santiago of the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, held in Santiago de Cuba, Saturday July 26th, 2003 and attended by Fidel Castro.
(Walter Lippman, unearthed by Cuba News Digest)

BUSH IS 'LIBERAL SPENDER'
The Bush administration's newly released budget projections reveal an anticipated budget deficit of $450 billion for the current fiscal year, up another $151 billion since February. Supporters and critics of the administration are tripping over themselves to blame the deficit on tax cuts, the war, and a slow economy. But the fact is we have mounting deficits because George W. Bush is the most gratuitous big spender to occupy the White House since Jimmy Carter. One could say that he has become the 'Mother of All Big Spenders.'
(CATO Institute)

ETYMOLOGICAL DISCUSSION WORTH KNOWING

(Smoking Gun, unearthed by Paul Whitehurst)