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It appears that President Barack Obama is prepared to ignore the politically partisan whining coming from Republicans who hate the idea of moving suspected terrorists from a U.S. Navy base on the eastern edge of Cuba to a maximum-security prison in rural Illinois.
They say that such a move [...]

In a sense, every Latino ballplayer who happens to play for a ball club that makes i
Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., gave people who are eager for immigration reform yet another promise that action will b
I spent an hour Thursday night watching PBS and their broadcast of the “Fiesta Latina” that wa
My home state is about to become yet the latest place where the xenophobes will contend that the world is going to hell in a hand basket, all because
It is the reality of professional soccer in the United States that some of the sport’s m
Every person who envisions themselves a political pundit at heart is going to feel the need to throw in their “two cents” with reg
It appears he is spared for now, but some people were worked up recently that officials in Texas would start reconfiguring the social studies curriculum taught
I still remember the time an abortion rights activist tried explaining to me how there are certain issues where “right” and “wrong” are absolute and how trying to re
I have listened to a day’s worth of indignation and praise (in some quarters) for the boorish behavior of Rep. Addison G. “Joe” Wilson, R-S.C., during President Barack Obama’s atte
I keep reading these news stories about the proposed boycott of the 2010 Census, yet I have to confess that I have never a
Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., wants to run for the U.S. Senate, and he’s the guy who a few years ago said that this country should be supp
Call it some positive press – the Arizona Republic newspaper reported Monday that President Barack Obama has set a re
In terms of the big picture, Bill Richardson ought to feel relieved.
At a time when the federal government is behaving in a squeamish manner with regards to reform of the nation’s immigration laws, the Sen
Illinois is about to become a hotspot for the nativist element, particularly those people with a particularly irrational hang-up with regard to all things Mexico.
I’m not about to say I comprehend the logic of the way people cast votes for U.S. president in Texas.
In my duties for a daily newspaper in the Chicago suburbs, I spent a couple of hours last week
Texas political people have been known to come up with some wild-eyed rhetoric, but leave it to the current governor to try his best to top them all.
Is Miguel Estrada destined to become a hero to the socia
I’m feeling a touch of sympathy for our ethnic brethren from Cuba.
I’m not sure how much attention we should really be paying to the gathering of the trio of North American leaders taking place Monday in Mexico.
Why was it so interesting to so many Latinos – even those of us who do not share Sonia Sotom
Thursday is likely the day on which Sonia Sotomayor goes from being a Supreme Court nominee to being a Supreme Court justice.
It’s all for show, so they can get re-elected.
It is laughable to learn that Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in recent days has said he thinks his Republic
So who had to look the other way and hold their nose in Havana earlier this week when a batch of “Hollywood” type film stars arrived with Bill Murray in tow?
It seems to have been a common theme expressed by President Barack Obama’s cabinet members who appeared at the National Council of La Raza’s recent convention held in Chicago – we need more Latinos in the professions.