On June 2, I blogged a post titled, “Why Latinos fear the Arizona law.” The lead was that of a natural-born citizen, a Puerto Rican, detained in jail in Chicago for several extra days because they wanted to make sure he was a citizen. This was despite the fact that he showed them legitimate state […]
Why Latinos fear the Arizona law
Sadly, the cartoon above is correct. See the interview: A Chicago man who spent the weekend in jail and faced deportation on suspicion he is in the country illegally said what happened to him illustrates the need for America to change the way it deals with immigration. Eduardo Caraballo said his self-described nightmare began last […]
On various political opinions
The post on understanding the range of political expression brought several interesting replies. I call them interesting because they actually help to demonstrate the different, and very strong, opinions in the Christian camp. It will actually help in the discussion. I will not name names, however, one is an Orthodox monk, one is an Orthodox […]
Understanding the range of political expression in the USA
Look at the two political diagrams that I have attached to this post. Each one of them tells a story that is much more complex than the one that you commonly get to hear in this country. Because the story is not heard, too many Christians end up being deluded by the constant pounding of […]
Christian libertarians and morality
Libertarianism is an appealing approach nowadays. It can best be classified as the “pox on both your houses,” approach to politics. For many is is an appealing minimalist approach because of the constant unending stream of news that we get about earmarks that keep getting shoved into bills and special deals that keep getting cut. […]
Rand Paul, the Tea Party and Libertarianism
There has been a lot of furor over the remarks by Rand Paul recently. Needless to say, defenders of Rand Paul immediately charged that it was “gotcha” journalism. This is the favorite political catch phrase when you have uttered something that turned out to be politically unwise. Unfortunately for Mr. Paul, he has a record […]
Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon is suspended
The BBC news has the following article. I will only be quoting part of it: High-profile Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon has been suspended from his post by the country’s judicial body. The decision was unanimously adopted by the General Council of the Judiciary. He is due to face trial on charges that he abused his […]
Why earmarks are easier than reform
I wrote an entire post based on some conversations that I had yesterday with some people at the Bible Study. I saved periodically. I know I did because I learned back in the MS-DOS days that frequent saving was truly a lifesaver. But, something went wrong. Despite my regular hitting of the save button, not […]
Jaime Escalante and the problem with Arizona
Yesterday, I posted on the State of Arizona and its both mistaken and, I believe, illegal criteria having to do with accents and teaching. Let me emphasize again that I am talking about non-TESL classes. But, let me give you an example of a teacher who could easily not be allowed to teach in Arizona […]
Xenophobia in Arizona
No, this post does not have to do with immigration rules. Rather, this has to do with rules recently imposed by the Arizona Department of Education. This news story has been reported in multiple newspapers and news media. The Arizona Department of Education recently began telling school districts that teachers whose spoken English it deems […]
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