Janusz Reiter

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Congress's recent changes to American visa laws will be of little comfort to people in Central Europe who wish to travel to this country. Citizens of these countries will continue to undergo visa application procedures whose rules they do not understand and which they consider to be anachronistic, unjust and even humiliating.

American visa policy is driven by two concerns: fear of unwanted immigrants and concern about U.S. security. These concerns are reasonable, but it's difficult to understand why they should create a barrier against people from Central Europe.

Those who think that the first priority of every Pole is to settle in Chicago have a rather outdated view of how things are in my country today.…  Seguir leyendo »

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Twenty-five years ago today, communist generals declared martial law in Poland. Many Poles, to whom the creation of Solidarity over a year earlier had given hope of freedom, saw this as an end to their dreams. In reality, as we now know, this was the beginning of the end for communism.

The communist system was able to crush Solidarity, but it paid a high price for that victory. Though the "king" -- Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski -- appeared in military uniform on Dec. 13, 1981, the rest of the world saw that he was, in fact, like a naked king. The news of his weakness spread quickly throughout the socialist realm.…  Seguir leyendo »