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Proving most predictions moot, the Vatican’s College of Cardinals elected (with the Holy Spirit’s counsel, of course) Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, as the new head of the Catholic Church. Widely considered by colleagues and his porteño parishoners as a humble man, upon assuming his new role as the spiritual leader for Read More
Whenever I probe a believer on the foundations of their faith, finding themselves fully incapable of producing one rational thought, they faithfully respond with the trite adage “To each their own.” But when you take the time to look around, you notice that it’s mostly the believers who don’t believe in the saying. Just ask Read More
It’s finally happened: “President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela died Tuesday afternoon after a struggle with cancer, the government announced, leaving behind a bitterly divided nation in the grip of a political crisis that grew more acute as he languished for weeks, silent and out of sight, in hospitals in Havana and Caracas. Close to tears Read More
Oh, what a difference a day makes. First, on Monday: “Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Monday he does not support a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., a central provision of immigration reform plans being considered by Congress. Bush has long chided the Republican Party to adopt immigration reform and Read More
Jim Morrison was right — “people are strange”: “Popular in Mexico, and sometimes linked to the illicit drug trade, the skeleton saint known as La Santa Muerte in recent years has found a robust and diverse following north of the border: immigrant small business owners, artists, gay activists and the poor, among others – many Read More
Sen. Marco Rubio really knows his hip hop: Politically-minded fans of hip hop have known for a while that Rubio is a fan of Tupac and West Coast gangsta rap. I thought he was saying that only to seem accessible to younger voters (well, voters of his generation and younger). Rubio, apple of the Read More
Justice Sonia Sotomayor lets her inner “wise Latina” roar: “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday condemned racially charged language used by a federal prosecutor in Texas. The justice, appointed to the court by President Barack Obama in 2009, took the relatively unusual step of writing a statement to accompany the nine-member Supreme Court’s Read More
Before I begin, first let me state clearly that I refuse to sift through any of the ignorant discharge that flows continuously from the sewage pipe that is Ann Coulter’s mouth. I don’t want to risk seeing my laptop shatter to pieces after I’ve thrown it at the wall. But for those of you who Read More
As state capitals on the U.S. mainland move toward affirming the equal rights of gays, a large cross section of Puerto Rico remains firmly opposed: “A multitude of diverse religious denominations gathered yesterday in front of the Capital to participate in ‘Puerto Rico Rises in Defense of the Family’ and proclaim that they represent the Read More
Given that today the day on which millions of Americans will celebrate their romantic bliss (or at least pretend to), I thought this story appropriate: “Hispanic Republican Senators Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz were among other Senators who voted against the Violence Against Women Act — not because they oppose empowering domestic violence Read More