Ruben Navarrette, Jr. http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress Spicing Up the World of Commentary Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:49:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en syndicated column — Arnold Torres & immigration http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=599 http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=599#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:49:28 +0000 crimscribe http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=599 My column today introduces readers to Arnold Torres, veteran of the immigration wars.

]]> http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=599 CNN.COM — Obama & Education Reform http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=598 http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=598#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:11:26 +0000 crimscribe http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=598 Today’s offering to CNN.COM talks about President Obama trying to do education reform without ticking off teachers unions. Good luck, pal.

]]> http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=598 syndicated column — Labor Day & respect for hard work http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=597 http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=597#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:26:58 +0000 crimscribe http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=597 Today’s syndicated column — a Labor Day special — talks about picking strawberries: a job that, like millions of Americans, I’m under-qualified for.

]]> http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=597 Pajamas Media — anti-Hispanic hate crimes http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=595 http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=595#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:46:57 +0000 crimscribe http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=595 Today’s offering to Pajamas Media talks about a rash of ugly anti-Hispanic hate crimes — a multicultural affair.

]]> http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=595 CNN.COM — GOP split over wedge issues http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=594 http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=594#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:00:36 +0000 crimscribe http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=594 Today’s column looks at how the GOP is fractured over whether to use race and ethnicity as wedge issues. How’s that for irony?

]]> http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=594 USA Today — Mexicans and Mexican-Americans converge over AZ Law http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=593 http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=593#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:54:17 +0000 crimscribe http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=593 Today’s offering to USA Today talks about the traditional split between Mexicans and Mexican-Americans and how the AZ law bridged it. GOP, that’s your a**!

]]> http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=593 syndicated column — Dr. Laura http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=592 http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=592#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:40:03 +0000 crimscribe http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=592

Today’s column deals with the mini-controversy surrounding radio talk show host Dr. Laura and her offensive comments to a black female caller — and explains, as few others have, what was really offensive about them.

]]> http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=592 CNN.COM — NJ Gov. Chris Christie & Ground Zero Mosque http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=591 http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=591#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:50:01 +0000 crimscribe http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=591 Today’s offering to CNN.COM talks about the commendable remarks of NJ Gov. Chris Christie about how about both parties are politicizing the controversy over the proposed mosque at Ground Zero in NYC.

]]> http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=591 syndicated column — DREAM ACT stalled by politics http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=590 http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=590#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:44:27 +0000 crimscribe http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=590 Today’s column deals with the DREAM Act, and why such a common sense idea is stalled in Congress. Not what you think.

]]> http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=590 Pajamas Media — In AZ, is eating menudo probable cause? http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=589 http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=589#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:42:41 +0000 crimscribe http://rubennavarrette.com/wordpress/?p=589 My latest offering to Pajamas Media, filed from Phoenix, delves back into the AZ immigration law — from a tasty perspective.

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