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- Dithering on Immigration Reform - July 5, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- President Obama recently reignited the immigration debate when he told reporters that congressional leaders of both parties were ready to "actively get...
- Judicial Activism? You Bet - July 1, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- As one who is critical of racial preferences, I'm surprised to find myself disappointed in the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Ricci v. DeStefano, a case...
- Shut Out in Obamaland - June 28, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- Many supporters of President Obama have gone "all in" on this administration. Considering it too historic to fail, either they can't see this White House's...
- When Stand By Your Man Isn't Enough - June 24, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- It's tough to decide what is more painful to watch: the oppressive and bloody crackdown against protesters in Tehran or the pathetic attempts by Obama...
- Humanitarian, But Questionable - June 21, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- Those of us who live near the U.S.-Mexico border are used to seeing bizarre things -- but not this bizarre. Law enforcement agencies don't typically come to...
- Afflicting The Comfortable - June 17, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been taking a beating from the public for recent comments intended to force Californians to stop blaming illegal immigrants...
- Who is the Victim Now? - June 14, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is angry at Democrats for speeding up the start of Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings -- to July 13. "They want...
- The Governator Puts His Dukes Up - June 10, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- The consensus in many corners of the Golden State is that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a failure in office. I don't know about that. For one thing,...
- Immigration Reform's Hidden Factor - June 7, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- A month ago, before most Americans had ever heard of Sonia Sotomayor, I predicted to a group of friends that Latinos would get either a Supreme Court...
- Road Map to Obscurity - June 3, 2009
- WASHINGTON -- America's largest minority would neutralize its power if it were taken for granted by one party and written off by another. So I cringe when I think of the...
- Refreshing Restriant in California - May 31, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- Amid all the buzz these days about judicial activism, the California Supreme Court -- in addressing gay marriage -- recently displayed the opposite:...
- The Right Choice, The Right Time - May 27, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- Judging from her inspiring personal story, her top-flight academic credentials, and what former colleagues and law clerks describe as both her intellect and...
- An 'Idol' Denied - May 24, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- You can say this much about Kris Allen, the 23-year-old crooner from Conway, Ark., who was crowned the new "American Idol" on the nation's No. 1 television...
- When Reality Sets In - May 20, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- When it comes to the war on terror, or what his administration has re-branded the "Overseas Contingency Operation," President Obama has matured quickly and...
- Infighting in the Wilderness - May 17, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- Many Republicans still worship Ronald Reagan, but some of them are having trouble adhering to the late president's 11th commandment: "Thou shalt not speak...
- When 'Justice' Isn't - May 13, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- When her fiance and the father of her two children was beaten to death last year in Shenandoah, Pa., Crystal Dillman predicted that justice would not...
- Stalled on Immigration - May 10, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- Democrats are in a tough spot on immigration reform. Actually, make that a number of tough spots. For one thing, they're caught between pandering to Latino...
- Go For History - May 6, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- As someone who knows what it's like to make history, President Obama should understand intuitively that -- with the retirement of Justice David Souter --...
- Hung Up On Themselves - May 3, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- Jean Twenge has a knack for chronicling the obsession that many Americans have with, well, themselves. In 2006, the psychology professor at San Diego State...
- A Virus, Not an Immigrant - April 29, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- Some of what is being said about the possible swine flu pandemic that seems to have originated in Mexico demonstrates that ignorance is infectious. Among...
- An Unsaintly Message - April 26, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- The Mexican media have taken to calling the drug war "Calderon's Iraq," and suggest it could swallow up the entire six-year term of Mexican President Felipe...
- Tortured Logic - April 22, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- President Obama insists that his administration doesn't torture. But just what does Obama think he's doing to some of his supporters by releasing...
- Border Czar -- The Sequel - April 19, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- Alan Bersin is back in the headlines and back to pounding a familiar beat: the border. Last week, the Obama administration named the one-time rising star in...
- Familiar Issues at U.S.-Mexico Summit - April 15, 2009
- SAN DIEGO -- Change is the buzzword on both sides of the border. But how much has really changed? Twenty years ago, when President George H.W....
- An Ambassador's Reward - April 12, 2009
- It wasn't long ago that Mexican government was quick to protest whenever the United States fortified its southern border. Whether it was building a fence or talking...
- In a Fog After Tragedy - April 8, 2009
- Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz told CBS News that Americans have become desensitized and immune to massacres because -- after Columbine, Virginia Tech...
- The Immigration Mishmash - April 5, 2009
- Obama and Biden should get their stories straight. Then again, there is similar confusion at the Department of Homeland Security, the agency charged with protecting...
- On Message On Trade - April 1, 2009
- But then there is Obama the protectionist who, during a primary election debate last year with Hillary Clinton, tried to sweet talk displaced workers and organized...
- In Mexico's Lonely Battle, Help on the Way - March 29, 2009
- The Mexican tourism industry, which usually takes in more than $12 billion annually, is suffering. The spring break crowd has been light this year at coastal...
- Add Immigration to the Plate - March 25, 2009
- Obama echoed that theme before a crowd of about 1,300 people who recently gathered for a town hall session in Southern California. When asked about immigration, the...
- Call It NAFTA for Narcos - March 15, 2009
- The re-enactment was probably a welcome diversion. Most days, in Columbus and all along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border, dealing with reality means wondering if...
- Latinos Stuck in Limbo - March 11, 2009
- Gomez, a professor of law and American studies at the University of New Mexico, might be onto something here. Latinos are neither black nor white, and yet there are...
- Gun-Running's Two-Way Street - March 8, 2009
- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives estimates that 90 percent of the firearms confiscated in drug crimes in Mexico come from the United States,...
- Obama Yet to Take Action on Immigration - March 4, 2009
- And where does the Obama administration come down on all this? It's hard to tell. People are confused. The president has promised to make comprehensive...
- Our Entitled Youth - March 1, 2009
- Consider a recent article in The New York Times about what many college students expect from the grading process. According to the professors, students and...
- Budgeting in Tough Times Isn't Pretty - February 25, 2009
- Yet in a time of crisis, it would be irresponsible for our elected officials to stubbornly take any remedial action off the table and refuse to even discuss it. And...
- Blame Game Hurts U.S. and Mexico - February 22, 2009
- This dynamic is not lost on Arturo Sarukhan, Mexico's ambassador to the United States, who recently sat down with the editorial board of The San Diego...
- Immigration is a Federal, Not Local Issue - February 18, 2009
- If such a trend is developing, it would be quite a departure from what occurred during the great immigration scare of the last few years. You'll recall how many...
- Checking in with the Labor Movement - February 15, 2009
- Our topic of conversation was the Employee Free Choice Act now before Congress. One of the most hotly contested pieces of legislation in recent memory, the bill...
- Napolitano Should Shut Down Sheriff Joe - February 11, 2009
- All of which sets the stage for the stunt. The man who put inmates in pink underwear and fed them green bologna has some people in Arizona seeing red after he...