Articles filed under Navarrette, Rueben

• Let's stop ignoring the fire next door Feb 2, 2011 12:00 AM
  The American people can't seem to focus on Mexico, even though their fingerprints are all over the drug war. We consume the narcotics that keep the cartels flush with cash, and we supply the guns and bullets that drive up the body count.
  

   

• The curse of good intentions Jan 27, 2011 12:00 AM
  Polls over the years have shown that the top three issues for Latinos are always the same: education, jobs and health care. Those aren't Latino issues but American ones.
  

   

• A rush to judgment — again Jan 17, 2011 12:00 AM
  We live at a time when Latino immigrants are made into scapegoats for everything from street crime to traffic jams to failing schools. Why not a murder spree?
  

   

• Wrongheaded again on illegal immigrationJan 3, 2011 12:00 AM
  California and Arizona share a common border and a common destiny, despite the reluctance of each to admit it and best efforts of each to avoid it.
  

   

• A plot twist in demise of the Dream ActDec 28, 2010 12:00 AM
  The Senate works just like any crime drama. First comes the murder. Then comes the cover-up intended to throw sleuths off the trail. So, who really killed the Dream Act? The liberal media, immigrant advocacy groups and Latino Democrats assure us it was the Senate Republicans.
  

   

• Obama's Jekyll and Hyde routineDec 20, 2010 12:00 AM
  President Obama can't seem to make up his mind whether he wants to work with Republicans or fight with them. One minute, he wants compromise. The next, he forces confrontation.
  

   

• For Obama’s critics, grow upDec 13, 2010 12:00 AM
  This is how bad things have gotten in Washington, and how broken our politics has become. President Obama is being unmercifully and unfairly pummeled by congressional Democrats, labor union leaders and liberals in the media for brokering a deal with Republicans that gave up something and got something in return.
  

   

• How GOP could win over LatinosDec 6, 2010 12:00 AM
  Republican elected officials could use coaching on how to talk about the immigration issue and, just as importantly, how not to talk about it. There’s a huge need. When talking about immigration, some Republicans deserve encouragement. Some deserve scoldings. And some deserve a trip to the woodshed.
  

   

• GOP has a potential new starNov 28, 2010 12:00 AM
  Poised to make history by becoming the first female governor of New Mexico and the first Latina to be a governor of any state, Susana Martinez will easily be one of the country’s most consequential elected officials. But, as you learn from talking with her, she is also one of the most fascinating.
  

   

• Seeking a place to call home in politicsNov 21, 2010 12:00 AM
  Many Latinos have become disgruntled with both political parties, and I can easily see why. One ignores us while the other seems intent on driving us away. The last straw was when Democrats flunked immigration reform, then tried to fool Latinos into thinking Republicans were to blame an easy trick to pull off given how often the GOP flirts with nativism.
  

   

• GOP would be wise to listen to PalinNov 17, 2010 12:00 AM
  I promised myself that I’d stop defending Sarah Palin. But it’s a hard habit to break. While I found the former Alaska governor refreshing during the 2008 presidential campaign, she has been a disappointment since then. Instead of hitting the books and learning the issues, Palin ditched class, resigned her post and concentrated on making money.
  

   

• 1940s injustice worth recounting today Nov 14, 2010 12:00 AM
  ”The whites wouldn’t like it ... “ Those are the words that were offered up, in 1949, by a funeral director in Three Rivers, Texas — a small town about 70 miles northwest of Corpus Christi — to explain one of the great injustices of the World War II era.
  

   

• Hispanics' gains suggest GOP ‘on the right track'Nov 9, 2010 12:00 AM
  The midterm election was a watershed event for what is usually a lonely group of dissidents. These are people who belong to two distinct communities that are at odds with one another. One group worries that the dissidents are defined by their ethnicity while the other worries that they are running away from it.
  

   

• An enforcer’s thankless taskNov 1, 2010 12:00 AM
  If you think you have a thankless job, just be thankful you’re not in John Morton’s shoes. Morton is the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It is his responsibility to round up and deport as many illegal immigrants as possible.
  

   

• Requiem for a school reformerOct 18, 2010 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• The disillusioned Latino voterOct 11, 2010 12:00 AM
  From poll taxes to literacy tests to outright voter intimidation, Americans have a long history of trying to suppress the turnout of Latino voters.
  

   

• Immigration debate no laughing matterSep 30, 2010 12:00 AM
  There's a great scene at the end of the film "And Justice for All" where idealistic attorney Arthur Kirkland, played by Al Pacino, uses his opening statement to tell the jury that his guilty client should go to jail. The judge bangs the gavel and calls Kirkland out of order. Fed up with a legal system that disregards truth, Kirkland shouts at the judge: "You're out of order! The whole trial is out of order!"
  

   

• Waking up to DREAM Act realitiesSep 26, 2010 12:00 AM
  Why did Congress suddenly turn out the lights on the DREAM Act?
  

   

• A complicated relationship with MexicoSep 20, 2010 12:00 AM
  Facebook, the enormously popular social networking site, encourages users to display their relationship status. For those who don't quite feel comfortable with "single" or "married," there is a more mysterious option: "It's complicated."
  

   

• Waiting for the next binge in ArizonaSep 17, 2010 12:00 AM
  Arizona has spent the last several months binging on a cocktail of nativism and fear with a splash of political expediency. Now comes the hangover.