by Miguel A. De La Torre | Mar 9, 2006 | Opinion
Andy, say it isn’t so! Tell us you didn’t sell your legacy for a pot of pottage! I simply cannot believe that you, who had walked with Martin Luther King, who had fought for justice, who had defended the marginalized, could possibly sell out not only to...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Feb 27, 2006 | Opinion
When I was in my mid-20s, I decided to spend a spring weekend in the Big Apple. I was a young Latino man with shoulder length hair. I wore my hair in a bright red bandana (which I still own). At the time, my only earthly possession was a fairly new red sports car with...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Feb 8, 2006 | Opinion
After reviewing President Bush’s $2.77 trillion budget for 2007, I am convinced that he is a man who reads the Bible literally. Specifically Matthew 25:29: “For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jan 4, 2006 | Opinion
One of the greatest accomplishments of the Civil Rights Movement focused on a desegregated education. Until the 1950s, racial segregation in public schools was the norm throughout the United States. In Topeka, Kan., a black third‑grader named Linda Brown had to walk...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jan 2, 2006 | Opinion
The president of the Northern Kingdom strutted toward the podium. Tonight he would address the empire, sharing his impression of the state of the union. Overall, the news was good. True, at the fringes of the empire the imperial army battled insurgents for control of...