Language Politics
I found the recent news that likely 2016 GOP presidential contender Jeb Bush registered to vote in 2009 as “Hispanic” unsurprising. After all, Jeb just seems to identify with the Hispanic community more than the historic American nation that built this country. Therefore, it doesn’t seem unlikely that Jeb would have registered as “Hispanic”. […]
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Here it is March of 2015, and the 2016 Presidential Election is already upon us. With all the potential candidates, probable candidates and wannabe candidates hovering around the media-sphere, one of them has officially launched his candidacy – Rafael Edward “Ted” Cruz. Ted Cruz has a number of positive characteristics, yet is still something of […]
Media Matters is a left-wing attack group, which usually attacks conservatives. Recently though, a Media Matters article appeared attacking Mainstream Media Sunday morning news shows. Why is that? Seven of the shows it criticized were English-language shows, while two were Spanish-language programs. And that leads us to another question, what’s with this massive […]
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The English language is an important unifying element of American society. It used to be, that is. Today, linguistic balkanization is dividing Americans, and our own politicians (of both parties) encourage it. Think about it. Which is easier – to keep up with lying politicians in one language, or in two or more languages? President […]
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The current gubernatorial election in Texas pits Greg Abbott against Wendy Davis. Both candidates’ campaigns have produced ads in both English and Spanish. This is not uncommon nowadays, many candidates run ads in Spanish. But is it a good idea? Shouldn’t all Texas voters understand English? And, are the candidates presenting themselves in the […]
It’s that time of year again, when the kids traipse off to the old brick school house for another year of American education. In my family, we’re all in the public school system, my sons as students, my wife as employee, and myself as a Spanish teacher. So we’re right in the thick of it. […]
Republicans are shaking in their boots about not being able to win the Hispanic vote, and some are willing to do anything to get it. Congressman Mick Mulvaney, for example, is a Republican representing South Carolina’s District V South Carolina. This representative recently held a “town meeting” geared toward “Latinos”, at least some of whom are illegal aliens […]
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In a rather bizarre twist in the by-now-familiar quest to win Hispanic voters for Romney, a group of Hispanic Republicans is attacking Obama for – deporting too many illegal aliens? As Stephen Dinan reports in the Washington Times in “Conservative Ads in Spanish Tell a Different Story to Hispanics” (Aug. 9th, 2012): Polls […]
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Why do American candidates run Spanish-language political ads? Don’t they understand that our national language is English ? Don’t they know English ability is a requirement of naturalization? Don’t they realize that the use of Spanish-language political ads is downright divisive? Or is it just that they don’t care? At least if candidates are lying […]
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Recently on VDARE.com, I discussed the Puerto Rican question in an article entitled ¡Viva Puerto Rico Libre! Free Puerto Rico (and the U.S.) Now! My position is that Puerto Rico is a distinct society and should not become the 51st state of the U.S.A. Instead, it should be granted its independence. My column received a […]
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