Tag Archives: immigrants

Concentration camps, context and feigned outrage

Posted on June 23, 2019 by juanzqui7

RIGHT-WING NUTS (there’s a redundancy there, I know) are going bonkers over U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s use of the term “concentration camps” in reference to the Trump administration’s camps for undocumented immigrants. An insult to the millions who were murdered … Continue reading →

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Don’t be afraid to be an American

Posted on June 28, 2016 by juanzqui7

ONE OF THE pleasures of working as a columnist for The Houston Post was the letters (and phone calls)I’d get from readers. This was before most people had access to email, so readers actually had to go through the trouble of finding some … Continue reading →

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BOOKS: Mexico and violence as seen by two different sets of eyes

Posted on April 16, 2015 by juanzqui7

I STARTED READING María Venegas’ Bullet Proof Vest: The Ballad of An Outlaw and His Daughter several months ago but about a quarter of the way through her memoir, the release of several new books that I felt compelled to … Continue reading →

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