Posted on March 30th, 2009, by Alicia Colon
Surely the pictures of flooded Fargo, N.D and the other devastated Midwest cities should have prompted relief efforts from Hollywood celebrities in the same numbers as those who traveled to New Orleans after Katrina. Except that that people in the Midwest know how to take care of themselves and don’t wait for the government to [...]
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Posted on March 30th, 2009, by Alicia Colon
This is an op-ed I wrote for El Diario, the oldest and largest Spanish language paper in the city. Here is the English translation:
Why I am a Latina Conservative.
An AP journalist once asked me why I was a conservative since I had grown up poor in the barrio. I answered him I had no choice. [...]
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Posted on March 27th, 2009, by Alicia Colon
How much of that trillion dollar stimulus package has gone towards saving our endangered planet? The words “green” and “environment” are constantly used to make us aware of how we humans are destroying our natural habitat. Hollywood is making sure that we get the message with movies like “The Happening” and “Wall-E” among others. The [...]
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Posted on March 24th, 2009, by Alicia Colon
I’m getting rather tired of hearing about the dangerous path on which the Obama administration is taking this country . I agree that the steps being taken are sinister and designed to destroy the foundation of our economy. The obvious truth that escaped the majority of voters last November is that Barack Obama and the [...]
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Posted on March 21st, 2009, by Alicia Colon
For the past two years I’ve been in touch with an Iranian dissident whom I contact whenever I need an accurate translation of his language. The president’s message to Iran was issued with Farsi subtitles that I suspected might not be precise.
He assured me that while the translation was accurate, the message itself had infuriated [...]
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