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Hypocrisy!
Yes, I am alive, thank you for asking. I have been away from this blog for two reasons. First, the little boy who hated the end of summer and going back to school is still alive and well inside the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Socio-Political Essays
Tagged Arabs, Crusaders, Germany, Hungary, illegal immigrants, Iraq, JOrdan, legal migrants, Middle-East, Muslim societies, Muslims, refugees, Saudi Arabia, Syrians, the West, Turkey, undocumented migrants, Vatican
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Facts vs Narrative: American Peronismo
Anyone who has written anything other than an accident report, maybe even only three letters to his mother, knows or guesses the following: facts often interfere with the quality of a narrative. Only very great writers manage to incorporate all … Continue reading
Posted in Socio-Political Essays
Tagged abortion, Argentina, Arizona immigration law, Buenos Aires, Canada, climate change, Communist Party, Cuba, Deomocratic Party, fascism, GDP/capita, glass ceiling, global warming, illegal immigrants, Mercedes Sosa, out-of-wedlock births, Peronismo, racism, Rio Grande, summer camp, tango, War on Poverty
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Immigration: If it Couacs Like a Duck, it May be a Goose (“Quack,” in English))
President Obama says he will go his own way on immigration reform. He will bypass Republican “obstructionism,” presumably by relying on some form of executive order. That’s after the Supreme Court ruled against his actions nine to zero twelve consecutive … Continue reading
Immigration: More on Conservative, Liberal Ignorance
I have heard conservative radio talk-show callers express indignation at immigrants who don’t “become American citizens,” as if it showed ill-will on the part of the immigrants, or lack of love for America. These calls demonstrate a basic lack of … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Socio-Political Essays, Uncategorized
Tagged Asians, citizenship, conservative ignorance, discrimination, federally protected categories, foreigners, illegal immigrants, immigrants, immigration laws, immigration' green card, Latin Americans, legal immigrants, liberal ignorance, naturalization, racism, white Europeans
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Race, Racism and the Law in America
HERE IS SOMETHING I FIRST POSTED FIVE MONTHS AGO. I AM RE-POSTING IT THIS END OF SEPTEMBER FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON. I JUST LIKE IT. Rush Limbaugh called the President’s appointee for Supreme Court Justice a “reverse racist.” He is … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Socio-Political Essays
Tagged African-Americans, American Indians, Chinese-Americans, discrimination, Federal Government, Hispanic, illegal immigrants, immigration, Independent Review, Japanes-Americans, judge, La Raza, Latina', Latino, Native-Americans, oppressor nation, politics, President Obama, race, Secretary Of State, Sonia Sotomayor, Spaniard, Supreme Court, White House Press Secretary
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Indecent Stories for Decent Women: Fiction by John René Adolph, a Man (2017)
Les pumas de grande banlieue: histoires d'émigration (2014)
I Used to Be French: an Immature Autobiography (2014)
FACTS MATTER 