Author Archives: Maria Cristina Morales
The Burn Bag
I’ll start off by saying that most of my articles contain personal stories which are true based on my recollections. I’m a little bit like Dragnet, in some cases the names have been changed or omitted to protect the innocent. This is such a case about my father-in-law, the greatest man I know, I know […]
Moms for “Liberty?”
I wrote in my last piece about how Russian neocolonialism/cybercolonialism, and information peddling is affecting us and most of our allies in the world. Today I’m going to talk about domestic propaganda. The term propaganda has its roots in the Catholic church, from a commission of cardinals (Collection: Catholic Church. Congregatio de Propaganda Fide Records […]
Russian neocolonialism, propaganda, Florida and the US
DOJ Indictments in Russian scheme to use US citizens (in Florida) as agents I get that people will question my motivation for using a photo of two gentlemen at a Trump rally from 2016 to illustrate a piece about Russian imperialism/colonialism. It’s not the gentlemen, it’s the message. I’d go back to the debate between […]
The political instincts of a flip flopper – A case against Nikki Fried for FDP Chair
I’m a lifelong Florida Democrat, before today, I never felt the need to weigh in on the race for the statewide party chair. It should not be Nikki Fried. During the Democratic Party Primary for Governor, frankly I was concerned that her ties to the Medical Marijuana Lobby and Cryptocurrency would pull her down in […]
Marco Rubio’s racist friends
There’s an old saying in Spanish, “Dime con quien andas, y te dire quien eres.” In a nutshell you are who you hang out with. There are somethings that you can overlook, wearing socks with sandals, or a coat and flip flops, all crimes of fashion but forgivable. There are other things that would be […]
Marco Rubio and the racism of low expectations
Watching the debate between Marco Rubio and Val Demings last night, it clicked to me why as a Cuban woman I take offence to Marco Rubio’s appearance and performance on the national stage for all these years. The racism of low expectations, I’m 57 have lived in Florida for most of my life. Despite all […]
Looting and Shooting after a Hurricane? Questions…
I’ll readily admit that I, like the average American, have a lot of stuff/possessions (too many). I live in the Florida Panhandle about 1.5 miles away from the Gulf of Mexico in front of a retention pond. It is frighteningly obvious to me (my husband doesn’t like to think about it) that the question of […]
What is the Cost of our Fear?
My abuelita used to tell us if people know/understand your fear(s) they can control you, she was teaching us about Santeria, which she had been taught to fear. Besides being taught to fear Santeria she saw people in her old neighborhood in Cuba lose their minds because they thought someone used brujeria on them. I […]
The white man’s burden.
While my articles are all opinion pieces I always do at least a couple of historical searches to make sure that my memory has the dates and general subject matter organized properly. Doing research on this title I came upon a poem by Rudyard Kipling by the same title. A little disappointed with myself. I […]
Matt Gaetz, Fame Whore Extraordinaire!!
I’ve lived in the Florida Panhandle since 2008, when I moved to the area our Congressman was Jeff Miller. I liked Jeff, we didn’t hear much from Jeff. Since Jeff retired I started thinking, if you don’t hear that much about your Congressional Representatives it means they’re probably working hard for the district. Jeff did […]
The Florida Squeeze 