Most people believe the false narrative about Mexicans that involves siestas and menial jobs. When I point out that color television was invented by a Mexican, Guillermo González Camarena, the normal retort is no way. When it comes to Mexican engineers the reactions are of incredulous faces. The general belief is that Mexicans aren’t the […]
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Michael Flynn and Antivirus Software
The issue of Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, and his Russian connections are still making the news cycles. The issue involves allegations of Russian influence over the 2016 United States national elections. There is much conjecture and little facts involving the various allegations, yet there is another dimension that has not received […]
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The City Wins Because They Keep Us Divided
The City of El Paso has become adept at minimizing citizen obstruction of its pet projects. Citizen referendums are blocked via bureaucracy and through intimidation via litigation. Citizens have resorted to filing court cases to impede projects such as the arena. Proponents of pet projects like the arena use the ballot box to gather like-minded […]
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The May 2017 Election – Nothing Changed
(This post was edited on April 8, 2017 at 12:30ET [10:30EP to correct an error I made in regards to Alexsandra Annello, please read below for more information ) Some of you have let me know that you are upset with my lack of coverage of last Saturday’s El Paso municipal elections. The reason I […]
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How Cinco de Mayo Became A Yankee-Doodle-Dandy of a Holiday
Today, Americans will gather far and wide at neighborhood bars, backyard barbeques and all points in between to celebrate an important Mexican holiday – well, kinda. The date does indeed have historical relevance in México (more on that later) but the reason it’s become the iconic U.S. celebration of all things Mexican is that it […]
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The Battle for Puebla
All history is written from one perspective or another with the victor usually writing the narrative. In the case of The Battle for Puebla, we are dealing with the dynamic of defeatism in México, where history is propagandized for political purposes, and with marketing schemes appropriating history for commercialism. Somewhere in there is the truth — lost […]
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Further Proof That The Wall Is About Hating México
The central argument by The Wall proponents is that it is needed to safeguard the United States from terrorism. Drug and human trafficking are sometimes added to the mix, but the diehard wall supporters cite the dangers of radical Islamic terrorism as the reason the wall is needed. The truth is that The Wall is […]
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Donald Trump, the Civil War a Black President and Cinco de Mayo
Donald Trump is quoted by various news outlets as arguing that the American Civil War could have been averted through negotiations. Although I highly doubt it because of the central issue to the war, Trump has the right to opine his opinion about a historical event. All history could have been drastically changed by one […]
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Donald Trump 100-Day Scorecard
By now you know that Donald Trump’s first 100-days in office ended last Saturday. On October 23, 2016, when Donald Trump was still a candidate, he declared a Contract with the American Voter outlining his plan for the first 100-days in office. The two-page pledge laid a set of promised legislations that Trump would pass […]