Is it time for President Donald Trump and the U.S. Congress to cut loose the unincorporated USA territory of Puerto Rico? Is it time to say goodbye and let them have their own sovereign island nation independent from the USA? Hurricane season 2018 just started and some 10,000 families in back woods Puerto Rico are still without electrical power despite 10-months of restoration efforts following...

This is a good time to share with the readers of the Costa Rica Star News one of the best political websites available – RealClearPolitics.com. This website has it all – conservative, liberal and independent views – all in the same place. For political junkies it’s top dog. It is the gold standard in the political communications industry -- mainstream media uses it, Fox News uses it, Rush Limbaugh...

Last Friday, President Donald Trump gave the commencement address for the annual graduation ceremonies at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Then he did something truly spectacular by staying to personally thank and shake hands with all 1,042 graduates – 783 men and 259 women – as they paraded across the stage at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium that was packed with 30,000 onlookers – ...

How could anyone in their right mind give support for MS-13 gangsters? These “animals” and “vicious killers” as President Donald Trump refers to them are being arrested, jailed and deported in record numbers. Their unabated criminal activity is the only way these ‘people’ can support themselves because nobody in their right mind would hire them to do anything positive or constructive so they sell ...

Across the pond, Prince Harry and his Hollywood-dream-girl Meghan Markle stole the spotlight off Washington, DC -- giving us a break from you know what – all the lawyers, politicians and investigations. It’s nice to see a young couple obviously in love about to embark on their public life. At 36-years-old Miss Meghan shines bright in the spotlight. Mainstream media began doing live remotes from...

Trying to predict the outcome of the upcoming 2018 mid-term elections is kind of like going over Niagara Falls in barrel hoping to come out on top. All the hundreds of candidates – incumbents and newbies – are floating with the river’s flow inside red, blue and white barrels heading to a roaring encounter complete with free fall, screaming and that inevitable crash certain to come in the late eve...

That lone voice in the wilderness – Tim Allen’s ‘Last Man Standing’ -- is returning to prime-time network television for the upcoming 2018-19 season on the Fox News Channel. In May 2017, ABC-TV cancelled the conservative comedian’s highly-rated, prime-time situation comedy because of backlash from liberal viewers and advertisers who criticized the show for being pro-conservative, pro-Republican an...

Iranian fanatics were on full display after President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the United States of America was going rogue pulling out of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal spearheaded by former President Obama and former Secretary of State John Kerry. Right there on the floor of the Iranian Parliament government leaders were jumping up and down screaming “Death to America” while burning an Amer...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff Love him or hate him President Donald Trump’s popularity is on the rise with approval ratings topping 50-percent for the first time since he took office 16-months ago, according to Real Clear Politics. Rasmussen Reports Polling has President Trump’s approval ...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff ‘Hood’ politics is changing. Welcome to a new ‘Black America’ realizing its ok to like and support President Donald Trump. African-Americans are waking up with rapper Kanye West telling his brothers and sisters that it’s ok not to be a Democrat and so is Chance ...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff This caravan of illegal immigrants from Central America that Mexico allowed through their southern border a month ago has arrived in Tijuana, Mexico seeking asylum. The standoff has begun. News reports claim this caravan started out with about 1,500 men, women a...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff Let’s hope former FBI Director James Comey makes a lot of money off his tell-all book “A Higher Loyalty” because he going to need it to pay for his legal defense now that the U.S. Inspector General’s Office has opened a new investigation into Comey leaking seven...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff Barbara Bush – the embodiment of grace, dignity and power – died this week at 92. She was the wife of one president and mother to another. She was the driving force behind the throne. Tributes are pouring in from around the world for this extraordinary woman who...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff Pro-Trump cheerleaders ‘Diamond and Silk’ get the hands down ‘thumbs-up political play of the week,’ not former FBI Director James Comey with his boorish, self-glorifying book “A Higher Loyalty” that comes out this week but has been leaked to the press since las...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff Say goodbye to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WIS) who announced last Wednesday that he would not seek reelection after 20-years of service including three years as Mr. Speaker. Ryan, 48, has represented Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District since 1999. I...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff This week should be a dilly in DC. Subpoenaed documents from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are not being delivered to the U.S. House of Representatives investigating the role of DOJ and FBI during Campaign 2016, media lea...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff This so-called ‘caravan’ of refugees headed to the USA-Mexico border from Central America sure has caught everyone’s attention. As soon as this ‘caravan’ became a real issue President Donald Trump said he’s bringing in the U.S. National Guard Army “immediately” ...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff There’s a Cat-5 political tropical storm approaching the USA-Mexico border from the south, moving slowly north toward Tijuana expected to arrive in a few weeks. A group of about 1,500 men, women and children from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador are headed...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff The political play of the week goes to the American Broadcasting Company, Roseanne Barr and John Goodman for the surprise revival of the old TV show “Roseanne” and their portrayal of a ‘normal’ middle-class American family torn apart by POLITICS over the 2016 el...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff President Donald Trump got out of Washington late Friday after spinning heads over his signing the controversial $1.3-trillion Omnibus Spending Bill -- just as 800,000 protesters descended on the nation’s capitol Saturday to protest gun violence in the United St...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff Breaking news on Tuesday morning looked bad as a 17-year-old student gunman opened fire on class mates at Great Mills High School in injuring two students, then an armed school resource officer stepped up and shot the assailant who later died at a local hospital...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff Late Friday night U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the “effective immediately” firing of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, just two days before he would have retired with full benefits at 49-years-old – after 22-y...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff Wouldn’t you know Pennsylvania’s special election in the 18th Congressional District was so close no official winner was declared Tuesday night. Newcomer Democrat Conor Lamb declared himself the winner, but there’s no winner until all the votes are counted inclu...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff Last week’s political winners and losers include new tariffs placed upon steel and aluminum imports, North Korea tyrant Kim Jong Un, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and former porn-queen Stormy Daniels. The big winner this week is the American steel and alumin...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff FBI Director Christopher Wray needs to speak up and publicly give Special Counsel Robert Mueller two weeks to wrap up his year-long-plus investigation into suspected Russia/Trump campaign collusion, issue his final report and return to retirement -- as a former ...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff Political newcomer Conor Lamb – a Democrat -- has two shots at becoming a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District, first in the upcoming March 13 special election, then again on Nov.6 for the nation’s mid-term elections nationwide. De...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff This week’s political head-turner was the abrupt announcement that White House Communications Director Hope Hicks was leaving the Trump administration a day after she spent eight-hours testifying under oath in a closed-door session with the U.S. House Intelligen...

Marcos Vose actually lives in the tree house of his mind overlooking water falls, tropical-rain forests, white-faced monkeys, majestic macaws, silent panthers and red-eyed frogs under blue skies, white puffy clouds and day moons. He has many paintings that reveal his address but no photographs -- for his world becomes reality at the end of his paintbrush. Rarely does anyone describe a fine-art ...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff Liberals everywhere beware there is a new voice to be reckoned with – that of Dana Loesch – the National Rifle Association’s chief spokeswoman. She has blasted upon the political landscape taking on mainstream media often appearing on CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC and, of ...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff High school students across the nation are walking out of classes unified in support of stronger federal and state gun laws in the United States of America. Student protests at state capitols and in Washington are occurring almost daily since the most recent mas...

Out alone at sea in his small Hobie kayak Lance Clinton is King of Jaco Bay. Nobody can touch what this former Seattle stockbroker does in Costa Rica’s largest beach town. He’s a one-man wrecking crew armed with a fishing pole and a GoPro camera. Needless to say he loves the fight. “One of my favorite aspects of catching fish from a kayak is the adrenaline rush. Here I am in this tiny little pl...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is admitting they screwed up on Jan. 5, 2018 when they received information from a concerned citizen about 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz of Parkland, Florida being a threat to the community and his intentions to be a “professional...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff. The world’s spotlight has been upon South Korea’s Winter Olympics but the spectacle hasn’t been the athletes from around the world competing for gold, silver or bronze. That’s a sideshow compared to when North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong walked into the main sports are...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff. A new highly-political movie was released Friday depicting three male childhood friends touring Europe -- who stepped up to the plate and saved a train load of people from certain slaughter by stopping a radical Islamic terrorist attack in Paris in August 2015....

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff. Mid-Term Campaign 2018 may be all but over for establishment Democrats. Future 30 or 60-second TV campaign ads featuring a fast back-and-forth montage of images from President Donald Trump’s first State-of-the-Union address showing the sour-faced Democrats sitt...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff. The brilliance of President Donald J. Trump is shining through. The release of this now infamous 4-page House Intelligence Committee memo shows just how amazing his winning the presidency really was. Not only did Trump run against the Democrats, most Republican...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff. All this clamoring over President Donald Trump’s first State-of-the-Union address by stone-faced-sour Democrats and cheering Republicans will soon die down as this much anticipated U.S. House Intelligence Committee’s four-page memo concerning the fake anti-Trum...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff. There’s a shiny new Democrat appearing on the national stage Tuesday night to give the official response to President Donald Trump’s first State-of-the-Union speech before a joint-session of the U.S. Congress. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III (D-MA) was selected to g...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff. Trying to make sense of the craziness going on in Washington, DC these days would drive a sane person to beg for a padded cell in the nearest asylum. In guessing the next big story, now that the Democrat-induced government shutdown lasted only three days, it...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff. Saturday’s display of Democratic unity was nothing more than a charade as the stars came together to showcase the government shutdown, the Women’s Marches across the country and illegal immigrants in a carefully coordinated circus to discredit President Donald ...