The United States is again debating the country’s health care system. This time it is the Senate that is looking to repeal ObamaCare through a Republican plan. There are two extremes, those that believe that healthcare is the responsibility of the individual, and those that believe that healthcare is a right that must be paid […]
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Grassroots Efforts Expose El Paso Duplicity Against Immigrants
For some time now I have been developing my thesis that El Paso is unfriendly towards immigrants, contrary to the general notion that many believe. As a border city, El Paso is assumed to be friendly towards immigrants, especially those from México. But my personal experience exposed me to the exact opposite. El Paso is […]
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The Dichotomy of U.S. Christianity
On Saturday, as I was getting ready to watch the México-Russia Confederations Cup futbol match, or soccer for the uninitiated, I noticed Javier “Chicharito” Hernández praying before the match. (By the way, México beat Russia 2 goals to 1!) I had seen Hernández pray frequently before soccer matches, but this time it reminded me about […]
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The Fitzgerald and the Dangers of Technology
When I first started flying in the early 1980’s, the aircraft instruments were nothing more than dials with needles. They were analogs. My first flight computer was a sliding metallic strip with scales mounted on a circular plastic piece that rotated left and right. On its plastic face, I used a pencil to mark headings […]
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China is Our Friend, Mexico is Not
Yesterday we looked at the Carrier deal and how it is nothing more than a saving jobs smoke-and-mirror narrative. As we saw, Donald Trump bribed Carrier $14,830 per job it kept in Indiana. We also looked at how Donald Trump demonized México as a job killer. Like Carrier, Donald Trump also strong-armed Ford into keeping […]
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The Carrier Job Deal
Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign by demonizing México and Mexicans. Among the many disparaging remarks by Trump about México, was the notion that México was to blame for the loss of jobs in the country. Trump labelled NAFTA as the “worst” trade deal ever. Among Trump’s signature promises to the electorate was the promise […]
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The Criminal Investigation of Donald Trump
The issue is not whether Donald Trump is under criminal investigation or not, but rather that we are having this discussion at all. The President of the United States represents the people of the country. POTUS does this by being elected by the voters to lead the country with dignity and integrity. The president is […]
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At What Point Does Personal Responsibility Play a Part
One of the recurring narratives I consistently encounter when researching narco violence is the constant but why did he have to kill my…. This is followed with, but my, whatever, was not a drug dealer, or my whatever does not do drugs. But if you look closer at the family unit, you start to see […]
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The Schizophrenia of the United States Foreign Policy
The foreign policy of the United States can best be described as a disjointed approach to policy in contradiction to itself. The United States issues a foreign policy dictum while at the same time it acts in direct contradiction to its stated policy. This has been going on for generations and therefore it has little […]