Tag Archives: hispanic

Donald Trump: The first Hispanic president

Funny headline, huh? Because of course Donald Trump isn’t Hispanic. More importantly, the Hispanic world seems at war with Trump over his recent comments about “Mexico and Central America sending us their worst citizens, not their best.” And corporate America…

Boehner playing dangerous game by mixing Israel, race

Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) trip to Israel this week is so blatantly political that even the avowedly impartial Associated Press describes it as looking “like a jab at the White House.” It is worse than that. President Obama can jab…

Obama administration accused of political motives in push for new citizens

Nearly 20 years after reporters and congressional investigators caught the Clinton administration trying to register a million immigrants as new citizens and Democratic voters — many without proper documents — some Republicans fear the Obama administration is instituting a similar…

Lame duck Congress to tackle spending bill, tax breaks in short session

The aptly named lame duck session of Congress will be short this year — probably about a month. “I don’t think the lame duck session is going to last long,” said Darrell West of the Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C.…

Rick Perry does the right thing

Jan. 19: Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry pauses while announcing he is suspending his campaign and endorsing Newt Gingrich, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP) Rick Perry did the honorable thing on Thursday. For the good of his country,…

Perry’s Rivals Are Telling Untruths About the Governor and Immigration

On Thursday in Orlando at the Republican presidential debate former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum both repeated untruths about Texas Governor Rick Perry’s immigration position and it is time to set the record straight. First…