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Super Tuesday brought no upheaval with the expected voting patterns of the participating states. The candidates have largely fallen into their respective corners, hunkering down with the segments of the voting population that one would expect, given these GOP candidates and their stated goals and values. The distribution of the voters’ support could have been Read More
It has happened again. Another school shooting has ended young lives and scarred many others. The juvenile, who has been apprehended in connection to the shootings, has become the subject of intense scrutiny as media, psychologists, and worried parents try to discern a pattern. A pattern would convince us that this was someone’s mistake, that someone Read More
With his now infamous attempt at a $10,000 wager, Romney revealed a glimpse into his personal socioeconomic context. For most of us without a gambling problem, a friendly, off the cuff bet reflects our comfort level with the amount of our money we are willing to lose. Romney’s comfort level is much higher than that Read More
Yo puedo escribirles de esta manera. Puedo escribir estas hermosas palabras en Español y hay muchos de nosotros quienes comprendemos este idioma y lo hablamos orgullosamente. And I was not surprised to learn that the individuals involved in the race to become the republican presidential nominee have patriotically stated that they support English as the Read More
You have seen them: signs stating “Dios bendiga este hogar.” Their popularity is a testament to the overwhelming adherence to religious faith that characterizes the Latino experience in the U.S. The last published report by the Pew Hispanic Center on the subject found that only 8 percent of Latinos identify as atheist or agnostic. In Read More
I had the important experience of meeting and knowing both my grandmothers. This is significant to me, having lived in the U.S. for almost my entire life, because I was separated from the family tree and had only occasional opportunities to go “home” and take shade under the canopy of my enormous extended family. It was Read More
Can you imagine the insolence of someone throwing a gift back at you? Social niceties dictate that when a gift (even if not quite the one you hoped for) is presented, you smile and graciously thank the giver. How disrespectful to state clearly that this is not the desired object and that no attention will Read More
The new year is upon us and with it comes the eternal hope for peace and prosperity. For Latinos in the U.S., the road map to achieve this clearly involves education and community organizing to ensure that we continue on our path towards this goal. A worthy question to consider is the type of education Read More
The U. S. is full of generous people. As a nation, we are a nation of givers and the trend is growing. This fact is important to organizations that depend on charitable giving in order to function, especially in this climate of economic uncertainty when many non profits are also feeling the squeeze of money Read More
Just when reality television could not possibly get worse, along comes “Cathouse” a program detailing the lives of women working in a Nevada brothel and the man, “Daddy,” who appears to be the owner of the establishment. Not fodder for the intellectual mind, to be sure.