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Nov.26.2009 Review of America Libre, by Raul Ramos y Sanchez America Libre By Raul Ramos y Sanchez Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 978-0446507752 Copyright August 2009 General Fiction Dramatic and thought-provoking, America Libre is an ambitious novel. The story is set in Los Angeles in the near future and begins with our protagonist, ex-army soldier...	Nov.07.2009 Is CNN’s Lou Dobbs playing with fire? I’m sure Lou Dobbs imagines himself a patriot. He seems compelled to defend the U.S. from “illegal” immigrants, an enemy that threatens his vision of America. Yet Dobbs’ near-daily harangues against Hispanic immigrants are stoking a smoldering fire that may one day consume the nation in a very real...
Jul.25.2009 Reverse racism, a sick joke Public accusations of racism surfaced recently during the furor over Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s “wise Latina” comment. From Rush Limbaugh to Tom Tancredo (who compared the National Council of La Raza with the KKK), many in the far right were quick to brand the Supreme Court nominee as a racist. These...	Jul.16.2009 A "Gotcha" for Senator Jeffrey Beauregard Sessions Adding to the cynicism of Senator Jeff Sessions pointed questioning of Judge Sotomayor's alleged "racist" comments during her confirmation hearings is a bit of history about the Senator himself. It seems much of the Senator's ire could be based on the fact Mr. Sessions was rejected as a...
Jul.15.2009 Beyond satire: The Sotomayor Senate Hearings The second day of Senate hearings for Judge Sotomayor had a couple of moments so loaded with irony, they could have been satirical skits. Unfortunately, what they represented was hardly funny. Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, berated Judge Sotomayor for her now infamous...	Jul.13.2009 Distinctions that defy logic The terms Christian and Catholic define mutually exclusive groups in the minds of many in the United States. On closer examination, this is an odd distinction. In common parlance, “Christian” is the accepted term for Protestant denominations, especially those with an evangelical bent. Catholics are...
May.24.2009 The New Black? Otalia on Race and Ethnicity There's no denying it: the exploration of same-sex attraction is soap opera's new black. All My Children, As The World Turns, and Passions have all gone there. Ratings leader The Young and the Restless is slated to launch a same-sex triangle (more about the casting/politics of this in a later blog...	May.16.2009 Supreme Court decision paves the way for immigration reform Is it identity theft when an undocumented worker uses a fake Social Security number to get a job? On May 4, 2009 the United States Supreme Court unanimously said, “No.” Identity theft, which carries a two-year mandatory prison term, is the crime of using stolen credit cards and other personal...
May.05.2009 “You've set the blog on fire” “You've set the blog on fire,” Orlando Sentinel reporter Victor Ramos told me following my April 27th editorial essay on the Sentinel’s Hispanosphere blog. “Your blog post is flaming... It's that A-Word getting people riled up.” Proving once again that immigration reform is a lightning rod issue,...	Mar.26.2009 Attention all Latino/a Authors Hi all, I'm happy to announce I'm the new National Latino Books Examiner for Examiner.com. If you're a Latino/a author and would like to promote your work, please get in touch. I'll be reviewing books, doing profiles and interviews, and really just writing about anything related to Hispanic...

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