by Miguel A. De La Torre | Feb 25, 2005 | Opinion
“I am not giving permission for a woman to teach or to tell a man what to do. A woman ought not to speak, because Adam was formed first and Eve afterwards, and it was not Adam who was led astray but the woman who was led astray and fell into sin. Nevertheless,...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Feb 22, 2005 | Opinion
Shortly before being murdered, Archbishop Romero said, “Those who have voice must speak for the voiceless.” This is what it means to raise consciousness, raise awareness. But raising awareness within the safety of privacy is never enough. Communities, in...
by Bob Allen | Feb 10, 2005 | News
Fans of the 1950s sitcom “I Love Lucy” will remember Ricky Ricardo’s signature song, “Babalu-Aye,” accompanied by a Latin beat from actor Desi Arnaz’s conga drum. What most viewers didn’t realize, says author Miguel De La...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Feb 2, 2005 | Opinion
Are you ready, kids? Whoooo lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants! Absorbent and yellow and porous is he. SpongeBob SquarePants! But wait, this silly frolicking sponge is really a sexual pervert teaching our innocent children to be...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jan 17, 2005 | Opinion
When the pope made a papal visit to Miami in 1987, delighting Miami’s large Hispanic community, a local enterprising Euro-American shirt-maker decided to capitalize on the event. He made thousands of shirts which in Spanish were suppose to read “I saw the...
