The Jewish Journal’s Proclamation of Villaraigosa’s Success
While in Pasadena yesterday, I picked up a copy of The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, which is a nicely assembled free publication. What prompted me to pick it up was the cover featuring a...
View ArticleQ & A with Nathan Gonzalez, author of Engaging Iran
Nathan Gonzalez is an expert on Iran, and last week, I read his insightful and timely blog post that was featured on the front page of the Huffington Post about the most recent events unfolding in that...
View ArticleCould the latest revelations about Dick Cheney & the CIA be why Obama is...
Former President George W. Bush and puppet master of the universe Dick Cheney are the gifts that keep giving. Just when you think we are moving ahead, additional troubling revelations come to light....
View ArticleNBC yields to more privilege in hiring Jenna Bush Hager
Last year, I wrote a short blog piece explaining how disappointed I was in NBC for giving Luke Russert a job right out of college (this was shortly after his pops had died), while the field of...
View ArticleSeneca on Obama Administration’s Latin Foreign Policy Woes
The Obama Administration is plainly showing that its policy for South of the Border is equally as empty, indifferent and at times almost maladroit or inept as it has been for nearly a score of years....
View ArticleObama and Latino Appointments (at a record pace)
Per Seneca’s earlier observation about Latino appointments, President Obama is on track to appoint more Latinos to top posts within the administration than did his predecessors, including Presidents...
View ArticleQuote of the Day Courtesy Rep. Solomon Ortiz
I have been told by some that many times Latinos aspire to the lowest common denominator, and when one examines statistics about our educational attainment, wealth building, teen pregnancy and...
View ArticleRIP Jaime Escalante & Changes in Student Aid
Jaime Escalante, the iconic math teacher from Bolivia, who taught math for years at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles died today after battling cancer. In recent weeks, Jaime Escalante was in...
View ArticleSeneca: Pondering the Sinking Immigration Discourse
The prospects for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) are dwindling day by day. Even the proposed Dream Act to help the children of the undocumented (aka illegals) secure university-level education...
View ArticleSeneca: The Latino State of the Union
As the Yuletide approaches in the US followed by year’s end, the joy of the Latino celebration of these holidays is evident. This includes the sounds of villancicos, the stagings of the Posadas,...
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