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Pets R Not Us
By: Daniel Nardini I have noted that extreme legislation is not just confined to right-wing Republican nutcases. The City of San Francisco is now considering a total ban on the… Read more
A Time for Confession
By: Daniel Nardini Recently I read the confession of reporter, writer and Pulitzer Prize winning author Jose Antonio Vargas. Put on a plane with false documents by his mother in… Read more
For Truly Secured Communities
By: Daniel Nardini What if the local police were taught to view you as a potential suspect without probable cause or a case history of you ever having committed a… Read more
The New Holy Alliance
By: Daniel Nardini What do the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce have in common? They are both vehemently opposed to the federal E-Verify… Read more
The Spanish Media in the Presidential Election
By: Daniel Nardini A friend of mine once remarked that the United States is unofficially the sixth largest Spanish speaking country in the world. This is because of the sheer… Read more
One Small Victory is a Victory
By: Daniel Nardini This is the story of Mohammed Azam. An immigrant from Bangladesh, he was brought to the United States when he was only nine years old. In 2001,… Read more
Survival of the Puerto Rican Parrot
By: Daniel Nardini When I was in Puerto Rico, I remember the distinctive sound of a well-known frog called the coqui. It sounded like a chirping bird, and it was… Read more
An Ode to the Analog TV
By: Daniel Nardini They are about as useful as the phonograph or VHS tapes now. The analog television is now a thing of the past. It is little more than… Read more
Of Mexicans, Dominicans and the “F” Word
By: Daniel Nardini A Transportation Security Agency (TSA) report about the TSA security personnel at Newark International Airport specifically targeting Mexicans and Dominicans is especially damning. The TSA security personnel… Read more
Anarchy in Minnesota
By: Daniel Nardini Anarchy is defined as a lack of an organized government. Instead people are governed by local councils or another form of personal administration. That seems to be… Read more »