I Hold My Cards Close To My Chest

I Hold My Cards Close To My Chest

My sister has recently discovered David Bowie. Well, musically at least. Little did she know of his acting career. So last night, on our way to do some shopping at Trader Joes, I insisted she watched both Labyrinth – a classic on par with The Princess Bride...

¿Gritaste Anoche?

If you think the title was lewd, you gotta get your mind outta the gutter. My first cross-post from Global Voices: 195 years ago today, in the town of Dolores, Guanajuato, a Catholic priest named Miguel Hidalgo rang the bell of his church and, in a call for Mexican...

Theories of (Homo)sexuality

This month’s podcast somewhat accompanies this post. It’s been a long time coming: my response to the HP’s second argument in our series of blogger debates. For those of you new to the blog, the blogger debates between Hispanic Pundit and I evolved...
427 Toothbrushes

427 Toothbrushes

I don’t expect you to read this entire post, but I do have a favor to ask. Will you – all of you – please leave a comment with the link to what you think is the best post you have written so far? Thx. I was reading an article in MIT’s...

A Gustito Con La Vida

It’s Sunday morning … and true to the name, the sunlight, roughly eight minutes after leaving its home, is blasting furiously outside. So is the wind. And my honey and I are taking refuge from both in the cool shade of our upstairs bedroom. What are we...

Understanding Minority Conservatives, Part V

Note: This is the final post in a series of five. Here are parts one, two, three, and four. Down below, I’m calling people out and asking questions to try and include more people in the conversation. I’ll tell you something that I rarely tell anyone: I...

Understanding Minority Conservatives, Part IV

This is the fourth post in a series of five. Here are parts one, two, and three. Semantics The meaning or the interpretation of a word, sentence, or other language form The study of the relationships between various signs and symbols and what they represent. Minority...

Understanding Minority Conservatives, Part III

Note: This post is the third in a series. Here are parts one and two. And so the first year of tutoring at Gompers continued on. Every Tuesday and Thursday I would wake up at 5:45 am, go for a quick jog, shower, make my coffee and drive the 30 minutes to Gompers High....

Understanding Minority Conservatives, Part II

Note: This post is the second in a series and continued from this one. Star Parker, the president of CURE, recently wrote an Op-Ed piece entitled The Credibility of Black Conservitivism which acknowledges the mistake of popular Black conservative, “Armstrong...