by Miguel A. De La Torre | May 12, 2009 | Opinion
What is wrong with American Christianity, especially those of us who call ourselves evangelicals? Have we exchanged believing in the Prince of Peace for the Tsar of Torture? How true are the words of the Apostle Paul, who chastised the church at Rome by saying,...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Apr 2, 2009 | Opinion
“For (Moses) had married a Cushite.” (Numbers 12:1) The minds of people of color are at times so colonized and their eyes so accustomed to seeing reality through the lens of the dominant culture, that the hope of any liberation seems futile. No longer...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jan 26, 2009 | Opinion
Terrorism, as a political tool, is abhorrent to all people of good will. Civilized nations have a moral obligation to eliminate the use of terror. We as a nation, due to our rhetoric of expounding the virtues of democracy, are held to a higher standard in ending the...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Sep 11, 2008 | Opinion
Not to sound trite, but 9/11 is indeed a day that will live in infamy. On this day a sovereign democracy was savagely attacked by a terrorist organization. Unsatisfied with the choice people made in electing their leaders and bitter about the economic path a...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Aug 25, 2008 | Opinion
I must have been about 10 when I first went to Disneyland in Southern California around 1968. Going to Disneyland was a dream come true for me. My parents scraped and saved to make this trip possible. Like every other preadolescent child, I bought my mouse ears, but...
