Ruben Navarrette

1 week ago | navarrettenation.substack.com | Ruben Navarrette

Critical Thinking At A Critical TimeEvery Wednesday 698 words; 8 minIt’s baaaaaack. In the United States, immigration is the issue that won’t go away. I’m tempted to say that Americans have been having a never-ending argument over who should come, who should stay, who should go and who should be kept out in the first place for the last 35 years. Most of the people who study the immigration debate say it began in 1990, in the lead up to the North American Free Trade Agreement.

1 week ago | creators.com | Ruben Navarrette

SAN DIEGO — The modern-day classic Western "Tombstone" has plenty of memorable scenes. One of the best is set in a saloon when Doc Holiday (played masterfully by the late Val Kilmer) meets fellow gunslinger Johnny Ringo (played exceptionally well by Michael Biehn). Referencing Ringo, Holiday turns to his female companion and asks: "What do you think, darling? Should I hate him?" She reminds Holiday that he doesn't even know the outlaw — other than by reputation. The gunfighter concedes the point.

1 week ago | wctrib.com | Ruben Navarrette

SAN DIEGO — I've given commencement speeches. Many graduates want a warm bath. But what they really need is a cold shower. This is what the class of 2025 needs to hear. And it wouldn't hurt the rest of America to listen in as well. Dear graduates:There is an expression that is usually identified — some claim, misidentified — as a Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times. President John F. Kennedy loved that saying.

1 week ago | wctrib.com | Ruben Navarrette

SAN DIEGO — Americans are really good at pointing out the contradictions of others, but really bad at acknowledging their own. The immigration debate proves it. That's where consistency goes to die. Trust me. Having written and spoken about that issue for more than 35 years, I've become an expert. I'm not saying I'm an expert on immigration.

1 week ago | creators.com | Ruben Navarrette

SAN DIEGO — Some say politics is poetry. But much of it is metaphor. As a disturbing symbol of the extreme disrespect being shown Latinos in California, U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif. — a mild-mannered Mexican American MIT-trained engineer — was recently manhandled, thrown to the ground and handcuffed by members of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's protection detail.