Under the Red Sky La vida no es la que uno vivió, sino la que uno recuerda y cómo la recuerda
In God’s Country
A common argument that I hear when discussing immigration is that immigrants should stay in their home country and create change there, (whether that needed change is due to a dictatorship, narco-violence, human rights violations, etc.) instead of looking for change here. I always come up with some counter argument essentially glossing over this interesting [...]
Alive
We’ve really become fans of the Ginkgo tree to the point that we have have planted two at our house. If it wasn’t for the size of our lot and the many other trees that I have already planted, perhaps another would be in order. The thought of planting a companion Ginkgo to the one [...]
Drumming for Money
Things that have me thinking are the following: » Is homework really such a bad thing? Is it possible for students to be successful if they don’t do homework. I’ve never been one to assign tons and tons of homework but how much can it hurt to practice just a bit at home. Why do [...]
Algún Día
Unfortunately, other than a quick visit to Lake Tahoe, the above is the only travel that I’ve done this summer. There is still time though. Well, one month to be exact!
The Mexican Dream
The real Mexican dream, not the false one, not the one that the intellectuals like myself make up, but the real one is that people leave for the United States, find a well-paying job, improve their income level slightly over time, eventually obtain papers, bring their family or create a family, build a family in [...]
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