Our New Anahuac

My father, an attorney for thirty years, came in this morning to the office with a funny smile, which made me know something was up.  We exchanged our morning greeting, and I paused, knowing that he had something to say. 
I was eating some oatmeal at the time, and he told me that the courts are a buzz [...]

I was a little slow off the mark posting about the decision to halt 287-g in Houston. I was hoping to post something soon, but Stace says it all in his blog DosCentavos.net. Check out his post entitled
Parker Cites Cost, Not Community Trust, in 287g Opt-Out.

I have to admit that I have a growing respect for what conservative activists have been able to accomplish. At times, I have even envied the disproportionate influence they have wielded. With more regularity, I have felt a great disrespect for the Democratic Party. I decided to take a look at why. Don’t get me [...]

Orale!
The Coalition In Defense Of the Community hosted a well-received event at Iglesisa Hispana Nueva Vida on Telephone Road. 
Tarsha Jackson made an emphatic opening call for black-brown unity and reminded us that in addition to a moral call for unity, our communities have several interests in common.  Both of our communities have been victimized by [...]

Below are some comments from Mary Almendarez of LULAC.  She applaudes the district imminent decision to fire some teachers for under-performing.  What a novel concept, right?  The teachers, under the new plan, would be held accountable for the test scores of their students.  To many it sounds like a no-brainer, but it’s not that simple
Traditionally, [...]

So Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, said that Obama would be successful because he was light skinned and didn’t have a “Negro” dialect.
So what? He’s telling the truth about his own people and what they find acceptable. Those who are not like mainstream whites are generally not acceptable for leadership roles in the eyes of gringos. [...]

This post is an attempt to look at terrorism with a little logic.  I try to present facts here.  It is devoid of patriotic emotions over anything.  I admit that I am immune to such feelings, but for those who read this, understand that this is meant to be an analysis of terrorism, not a [...]

Hola Compas! I’ve still been really busy working on the plan that I mentioned a few posts back.
I wanted to do a quick post on one aspect of the CIR bill introduced by Luis Gutierrez. I haven’t read through the whole synopsis. I am sure that there are aspects that I won’t dig at all, [...]

Xicanopwr.com critiques the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) and their willingness to make backroom deals, instead of appealing to the people.  Concludes that reform will be pushed to Obama’s second term.
Their main mistake has been not fighting back hard and soon enough. As a consequence, CHC have conceded vast political terrain they had won after the 2008 [...]

A few days ago, less than a week, I believe, I was listening to a report on KPFT or NPR and they were discussing the Glass-Steagall Act, the act which essentially limited banks from taking major lending risks. In 1999 the act was repealed. This repeal is largely blamed for having caused the financial crisis [...]