The migrant caravan was in the news before the midterm elections and although it is not the topic […]
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Category Archive: Politics
Opinion and commentary on national and international politics and government affairs.
Individuals give up certain control over their lives to live in a society. Among them is the authority […]
If you want to understand the fear of being a Mexican-American or of having brown skin in Trump’s […]
Yesterday, Americans observed Veterans Day. Today many readers are off because of Veterans Day. Veterans Day is an […]
Unless you lived under a rock during Tuesday’s midterms you know that Beto is the rising star in […]
Tuesday’s biggest win for America is that the Trump Wall is dead. It is not going to happen. […]
I’m writing this post before the full election results are in, but there is enough information to predict […]
Today’s, vote is simple. American voters will either vote to impeach Donald Trump. Or, the American voters will […]
Much to the chagrin of those opposed to immigrants coming to the United States, there are Constitutional guarantees […]
Next week will put to rest whether America supports the politics of Donald Trump or it does not. […]
Donald Trump wants to issue an Executive Order fundamentally modifying how a U.S. citizen is defined. The 14th […]
Granted, I am a foreigner who is not an expert on the U.S. Constitution but even I understand […]
The real danger to America is “right-wing extremism” and recent American violence supports that notion. While Donald Trump […]
Donald Trump and his enabler Republicans are trying to use the migrant caravan as the issue before American […]
(Typographical errors were corrected at 08:26ET on October 26, 2018) Beto has a posse (in the informal use […]
As you all likely know there exists a divisiveness in American politics that verges on anarchy in America […]
Political talking heads on both sides of the isle are talking about the so-called “blue wave.” The Republicans […]
The hypocrisy of the politicians is what drives me crazy. It is disgusting. But even worse than that […]
The last time the American government picked one country over another it resulted in the 9/11 attacks. The […]
Americans argue that they have the best democracy in the world. Americans argue that the government represents the […]
Yesterday’s post about Saudi Arabia resulted in an unexpected response: “be careful writing about Saudi Arabia” was the […]
I had the very unpleasant experience of spending a little less than 48 hours at the airport in […]
Because of the Russian interference in the 2016 elections, Facebook and Twitter are now requiring individuals buying advertising […]
Growing up in México in the late 1980’s the drug traffickers were part of the landscape – visible, […]
I’m not surprised that yesterday’s post about Claudia Ordaz and the missing laptop elicited several emails and telephone […]
In 2012, 16-year Democratic veteran Silvestre Reyes lost his Congressional District 16 seat to newcomer Beto O’Rourke during […]
On Wednesday I broke the news on my social media channels that Barack Obama had endorsed several Democrats […]
In an unprecedented turn of events and an unintended consequence of México’s engagement in world affairs it has […]
In announcing the new free trade agreement; the United States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement (USMCA), Donald Trump tried to disguise it as […]
There are some fundamental changes going on in México, that because of the Donald Trump noise, hasn’t been […]
There is much political noise surrounding the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Both political parties […]
What transpired yesterday in regard to the Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford controversy proves that the America […]
Make no mistake about it, the Republicans are desperate to get Kavanaugh confirmed before the midterm elections in […]
Do you remember how many times Donald Trump told you “the world is laughing” at America? During the […]
In August I posted a piece on how the Chinese trade war – that Donald Trump is escalating […]
There continues to be a false narrative in America that México significantly lags America in quality of life […]
Unless you completely ignore all political news, you likely know that Paul Manafort plead guilty to several crimes […]
Yesterday, the El Paso Times once again inserted itself into politics to “correct” the record for one of […]
There is a racist undercurrent in American politics that has me dumbfounded because it displays the inept ignorance […]
Remember when Donald Trump promised you that México would pay for The Wall? Trump has been promising to […]