Dear Mexican: Mexicans always talk about the Reconquista. However, I think you should be invading Spain instead. The Spanish did to the Native Americans in Mexico what the whites did to the Native Americans in America. In fact, we treated them better. We gave them reservations, they pay no taxes,…
Joyce Lisbin doesn’t shy away from crabs, chlamydia or controversy. At seventy, the longtime sex educator is now spearheading a multi-faith operation designed to guarantee religiously affiliated women and their families something they don’t always have when faced with an unwanted pregnancy: a choice. A choice that shouldn’t endanger their…
Dear Mexican: What is the origin of the grito?Not the one done in September to celebrate independence, but the one belted out during passionate rancheras like Chente’s “Volver, Volver.” El Gallo Gritón Dear Mexican: I think I’ve identified the Mexican “rallying cry,” but I need your confirmation. Why do groups…
The Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shootings committed by Robert Dear on November 27 were a human tragedy. Three people were killed and nine others injured. But due to the supposition that Dear attacked the facility over much disputed claims that Planned Parenthood has profited from aborted fetuses — he reportedly made…
Robert Dear’s attack on a Planned Parenthood branch in Colorado Springs this past Friday, which killed three people and injured nine others, instantly became one of the nation’s biggest news stories. So big that presidential candidates were put in the position of offering their take on the horrific crime. But…
Dear Mexican: We Americans have been spoiled by such low costs for so long, we’ve started acting as if said low costs were our birthright, which explains why our government leaders have never been in any real hurry to do anything significant about our southern borders. Now, many spoiled, control-freak…
The past is coming full circle. On Sunday, November 29, on day four of the seventeenth annual Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run, participants will gather by the grave of Captain Silas Soule at Riverside Cemetery, as they have every year since 1999. Then they’ll run into downtown Denver and along Arapahoe…
The attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya is probably something Hillary Clinton hopes to avoid talking about today as she passes through Denver to organize local campaign supporters. The presidential hopeful has tried to move beyond the controversial topic since participating in congressional hearings about Benghazi last month…
Dear Mexican: I live in East Harlem, which over the past years has started to look much less boricua/plátano and much more mexicano — tamales have replaced pasteles, you hear “güey” more than “mi pana,” and you can barely make out those smooth salsa bongos under the booming oompah of…
As we’ve reported, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s willingness to accept Syrian refugees has resulted in significant push-back. Among those who vehemently disagree with the policy is former Congressman Tom Tancredo, a onetime candidate for president and Colorado governor known nationwide for his advocacy of strict immigration policies. Tancredo actively supports a…
Although Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper put out a press release yesterday revealing his plan to accept Syrian refugees into the state, his staff didn’t share the announcement on his Facebook page. In all likelihood, this omission was made in an effort to avoid a storm of negative commentary. But the storm, like…
Dear Mexican: I’m an old fart with lily-white genes. I lived in the OC, in L.A. and in the Bay Area for twenty years, yet I had scarcely any interaction with the Latino population. It wasn’t because I was anti-Mexican; I was just apprehensive. I felt like I was the…
The Fight for 15 campaign, which calls for a minimum $15 hourly wage and the right for low-wage workers at fast-food restaurants and similar businesses to organize, didn’t get a lot of support at this week’s Republican presidential debate. The headline of the Al Jazeera America report about the way…
In recent years, Colorado sheriffs have gotten mighty political, with many of them attempting to work as a team to achieve their objectives. Note a 2013 lawsuit, filed under the names of 55 sheriffs in the state, that attempted to undermine new gun-control laws; the following year, a judge ruled that…
Last night’s Republican presidential debate, sponsored by Fox Business News, featured fewer candidates on the main stage (eight) than in previous GOP events. But there remain a slew of hopefuls seeking the Republican and Democratic nominations. Which are generating the most interest in Colorado? One way of measuring that is…
Are you interested in Building a Better Colorado? Are you confused as to why Colorado’s new budget looks gloomy when the state economy is booming? Wonder why we just had to vote on Proposition BB when we thought Amendment 64 had authorized the state to collect marijuana taxes and use…
Special Best Of Edition Dear Mexican: Isn’t the acceptance of illegal immigration by Latino politicians insulting to generations of Mexican-Americans who paid taxes, built communities and worked hard for their families and their country? Legal Smiegel Dear Gabacho: Nope, mainly because people sin papeles also pay taxes, build communities and…
An October 23 press release announced: that Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman had joined a “bipartisan group of 23 states” challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Clean Power Plan.” The plan “is an attempt to expand federal power over the States through administrative regulation in violation of the law.” Coffman said in…
The Denver election results are in, and while they’ll remain unofficial under the vote is certified on November 17, we’ve got a clear idea about the winners and losers in every race, with one possible exception. Three out of four ballot questions passed, with a new college tax proposal being…
Tonight, Denver City Council will vote on whether to rezone a portion of the Emmaus Lutheran Church property off of Speer Boulevard at West 32nd Avenue. Built in 1907, the church is surrounded by other businesses and is close to Highlands Square which is filled with restaurants, bars and shops. Approving…
Dear Mexican: What’s up with the bull stickers on the trucks? Is this a secret business, something earned at some unmentionable contest south of the border, or a brotherhood of sorts? Native Californian Whitey Dear Gabacho: The bull sticker is no cloak-and-dagger marker. Toros on trucks are just cultural archetypes,…
Well. That was the least crazy Republican debate in recent memory. Those who are familiar with my personal politics know that this admission comes with some amount of sadness. For so many reasons, I’m not particularly fond of this batch of 19 Duggars and counting — er, Republican presidential candidates. In…
