Intellectually Entertaining. Socially Relevant.
If only I could travel back in time and slap myself on the back of the head. How much time it would have saved me. The moment I thought, “Wow, you were pretty harsh with your mother” should have been the moment I left. My youthful excuses (she must have been mean to him when… [Continue Reading]
“Mas sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo” my mother told me, shining a light on her wisdom in an attempt to guide my youthful, rebellious reasoning. I thought of this a few days ago after laughing for stating that if I ever catch any of my children doing half of the things I did….… [Continue Reading]
On May 9, President Barack Obama became first sitting commander-in-chief to endorse same-sex marriage. “Kinda,” writes The Nation’s Richard Kim. “Today, by endorsing a ‘state’s rights’ approach to same-sex marriage, Obama essentially preserves the current status quo.” As Kim points out, while the President failed to mention his intent to overturn the Defense of Marriage… [Continue Reading]
Out of all the substances known in the universe, there isn’t anything stronger than a mother’s love for her children. I witnessed it firsthand growing up, though I was too young to realize it. My father was…well, he had a lot of issues. He was violent, beating up on my mom, little brother and I… [Continue Reading]
Gleeful groomsmen everywhere await this time of year – bachelor party time! Meanwhile, wives and girlfriends alike are forced to make up their minds as to whether or not they will let their loved ones venture off to Vegas, Cancun or even a friendly neighborhood Hooters. Some ladies argue, “I trust my man, so I… [Continue Reading]
We live in a heteronormative society. Most people assume and/or expect others to be straight, especially in our Latino Culture. Heterosexuals, as the majority of the population, have been calling the shots for a long time, taking for granted rights that the gay community is just starting to get. Coming from that minority mindset, there… [Continue Reading]
Monogamy: love’s first commandment. The single person scoffs at it. Yet, everyone quickly becomes a devotee once they’re caught in Cupid’s bear trap. “When you’re in love,” the wrinkly folks say, “it’s time to settle down and do the right thing.” But some modern philosophers have disagreed. “Monogamous marriage,” Friedrich Engels wrote, “comes on the… [Continue Reading]
More and more people are getting divorced, and it’s not just the younger couples. Older couples in their 50s and 60 s are getting divorced and facing the prospect of living out the rest of their lives alone. The divorce rate has increased over 50 percent in baby boomers, and this number will increase as… [Continue Reading]
Many of us pick up different friends along our individual paths through college, different jobs, and sometimes different cities. Sometimes, we know these friends will be around for a lifetime and sometimes, they are an important but not permanent part of our journey. Experts have called this process of deselecting friends as we age socioemotional… [Continue Reading]
Studies have shown that married people are happier than single people. Some married people I know would beg to differ, but if it’s generally true, is it really about being married or simply about being in a relationship? A study published in the February issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family found that being… [Continue Reading]