Tag: family
group name: immigration
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February 12, 2007 02:02 PM EST --
To begin with, I know I am probably going to get on some people's bad side with this discussion. I am only being honest with my feelings because of my experiences where I live. This discussion . . .
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January 23, 2008 10:28 AM EST --
Here, in Southern Arizona, the traffic has diminished by leaps and bounds. Construction sites sit empty, materials gone and equipment setting still and silent.
I no longer stand in long lines . . .
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September 22, 2006 10:00 PM EDT --
"Edgar is at work," said Brenda, his ten year old sister.
I blinked twice before answering, "This is the first day of summer school. Where is Eliazar?"
Brenda nodded at the . . .
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May 04, 2007 11:29 AM EDT --
Pentagon officials reported recently that the Pentagon plans to shut down a controversial domestic-intelligence database. James Clapper, the Defense Department's senior intelligence official, . . .
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September 18, 2006 11:45 PM EDT --
As I read through the dozens of articles and the various views, my own callous remarks and those of others, I ask myself why I must suffer the consequences of my convictions.
For me, it is to help . . .
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September 06, 2006 11:59 PM EDT --
Okay, guys: Read 'er and weep....
The Earnings Suspense File: Social Security's "Secret Stash"
"Money from Nowhere" . . .
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October 05, 2006 03:29 PM EDT --
"Shall I give my first born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?" Mic. 6:7
She was using the pay phone when I pulled into the parking lot. She replaced . . .
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October 10, 2006 02:35 PM EDT --
While the moral and philosophical debate wages on as to how the United States should deal with the hundreds of thousands of "anchor . . .
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February 14, 2007 09:53 AM EST --
Mexican legislators will travel to Chicago to Visit Elvira Arellano
(Chicago, Illinois, Feb 9, 2007) Mexican legislators have traveled to Chicago to meet with Elvira Arellano, an illegal alien who defied . . .
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October 16, 2006 04:00 PM EDT --
Careful what you ask for...and so I have learned the hard way. For years I have talked about farmworkers, their circumstances, their quality of life, the need for reform to eliminate the fear caused . . .
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April 26, 2007 10:20 AM EDT --
This is a letter to all the men and women in the media who are responsible for making the decisions about what gets communicated to the American public under the guise of “news”. This . . .
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May 03, 2007 12:31 PM EDT --
It hit me right in the gut last night. I was discussing our recent read, Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje (author of The English Patient), with my library book club and all of us agreed . . .
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June 27, 2007 03:53 PM EDT --
Those of you who know me through my writings on Gather are aware that I am a fallen-away Catholic. Rather, a fallen-away believer period. Based on my up-bringing (Catholic) and career history . . .
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October 28, 2006 08:25 PM EDT --
People are angry, confused and ill-informed. This recipe leads to actions and statements that can only be described as ignorant - if not racist. These same folks could easily support . . .
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September 26, 2006 01:57 PM EDT --
I am eliciting responses to a simple question: What is Political Correctness? Let me give you a few questions to ponder, and I look forward to your responses. Please bear in mind these . . .
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September 29, 2006 08:02 AM EDT --
"It's safer," he says. "At least the workers are not targeted by 'La Migra," and I can still work."
I shake my head in understanding. "How do you . . .
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