Macs Better Than PCs For Accents, Spanish

I took the plunge into Macs earlier this year and have to say I’m not disappointed. Although purchasing a MacBook Pro this year was a huge adjustment from the Dell […]

A recent survey by the Modern Language Association found that Spanish is the most-studied language in colleges in the United States. About 850,000 students take Spanish, compared to 210,000 in […]

Currently, I am sojourning in my native land, Los Angeles. I can tell you it’s great to be back! But since I’ve moved ever closer to become a Tejana it’s always interesting to […]

My family is from South Texas, the border, but I grew up in L.A. I remember really clearly growing up how strange all my cousins seemed to me when I’d […]

Do you ever get “the look” when you speak Spanish in public? You know what I mean. You’re out in public with your family or friends, telling a funny story […]

If you’re Latino in the US chances are that translating from English to Spanish or vice-versa is a huge part of your life. How often have you been called-on to […]

[Editor’s Note: I wrote last week about the way the Obama Administration had immigration enforcement agencies twist the rules so they could reach their “record” deportations goal. This week we […]

I’m a pocha, loud and proud, and part of my pocha heritage is that I comunicate in Spanglish. Everywhere. In letters, in conversation, in emails, in cards and, most recently, […]

When I was a kid in the 1950s, we still spoke mostly Spanish at the homes of our extended family, and we called it “Día De Dar Gracias.” At the time, […]

That’s right, the grandson of the famous Mexican Revolution General Emiliano Zapata is living in Texas, has no papers, and is desperate. ¡Qué gacho! The short video features a very […]