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Latinos, CPAC, and the GOP
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco Last week a great drama played itself out in Washington, D.C. Congress is luchando con el Presidente over funding for the Department of Homeland Security […]
Cannibals and Poets
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco A dear friend once described politics in her country as a struggle between cannibals and poets with each side taking turns running the country. When […]
Gun-Toten’ Texans!
By Dr. Herny Flores, NewsTaco The Koch Brothers stated recently that their vision of life in the United States could be found in Texas. I don’t mean to pick on […]
The Decline and fall of the American Empire
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewesTaco One of my favorite all-time historiographic books is the classic Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The book qualifies as a tome being […]
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco Well did you see that sports fans?!? The Koch Brothers are getting ready to spend more money on the 2016 Presidential Primaries than either major […]
American Sniper, from a combat veteran’s perspective
*It makes a difference when we see the movie through the eyes of someone’s who’s been there. VL By Dr. Herny Flores, NewsTaco The furor surrounding the protagonist in the […]
Je Suis Charlie
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco You are probably wondering what the murders of the political cartoonists in Paris by terrorists have to do with Latinos in the United States. Well, […]
Ferguson and race in America
By Dr. Herny Flores. NewsTaco Over the years some of my critics have accused me of seeing racism under every rock. Others have argued that racism is passé declaring that […]
Finally, Mr. President, Finally!
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco Don’t you just love it? President Obama has finally made a definitive statement about immigration and it incensed Republicans. The president’s position didn’t make everyone […]
Harvard and UNC sued over their admission policies
*A note from Dr. Henry Flores: “Need to consider this the first violent blow against civil rights after the mid-term elections. Mr. Blum leads the national effort to dismantle the […]