Community building, Leftist style
San Francisco’s Mission District is, demographically, a primarily Hispanic district (about 50%), with the remainder of the population being White and Asian. Traditionally, it’s been a mixture of...
View ArticleIllegal immigrants
No comment (’cause you can guess what I’m thinking): The Mexican government reported the results of recent studies on Tuesday showing that 68 percent of Mexicans who migrate or try to migrate to the...
View ArticleFrom the “now I’ve seen everything” file
I get emails from Kayak.com, a travel site. The most recent email offers this cutting edge travel opportunity: Immigration and border patrol seems to be at the top of every political conversation. At...
View ArticleIf you masquerade as a US citizen, you’ll be treated as one
Back in 1989, Bay Area locals were stunned to learn of a horrific massacre up in Sonoma County: [Ramon] Salcido, now 47, used a gun and knife to murder his wife, Angela Richards Salcido, 24; their...
View ArticleEven the earth is out to get Mexico
Questions swirl (a little bit) about whether the fatal swine flu plaguing Mexico is a “man-caused disaster” or just the run-of-the-mill Nature triumphs kind of thing. There can be no doubt, however...
View ArticleOur next door neighbors
When I was five years old (so this would have been in the mid-1960s), as part of a trip to Southern California, my parents dipped us into Tijuana. I still remember that trip. We went to a large,...
View ArticleWhat’s the matter with Mexico?
Up until two weeks ago, my contacts with Mexico had been very limited. When I was four, my parents spent a day in Tijuana, at which time I allegedly stood in the middle of the mercado and cried out “I...
View ArticleApropos Mexico
Dafydd, at the inestimable Big Lizards, weighs in — intelligently, of course — on Mexico’s problems with narcoterrorism and its own military. I think this is a perfect companion piece to my own post...
View ArticleHow Brown University “Choices” program disseminates propaganda
My 9th grader asked for help today with a required reading about Mexico. Before helping with this assignment, I’d never heard of Brown University’s Choices Program. Having seen just a bit of its...
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A few interesting things about Cozumel, Mexico
In Cozumel, they sell sombreros. They are not worried about or offended by “cultural appropriation.” This is business and, to the extent it’s good for their bottom line, they’d like us to be less...
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