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For Immigrant Day Laborers, Work Is About Survival, Not Fun and Games Aug. 12, 2025
SAN DIEGO — Immigrants do so much for Americans. They care for our children, look after our el... Read More
For Many Americans -- and Especially Mexican Americans -- a Somber Fourth of July Jul. 03, 2025
SAN DIEGO — Well, this Fourth of July weekend will be awkward. As we mark the end of the firs... Read More
Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It's Complicated. Mar. 24, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The government has long claimed that Fourth Amendment protections prohibiting warrantless searches d... Read More
Trump on Immigration: Tearing Apart Immigrant Families, Communities and the Fabric of Our Nation Jun. 10, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump has promised to pursue even more extreme anti-immigrant policies... Read More
Little Town in the Big City: A Family of Four Generations Jan. 03, 2024
Here in the heart of Washington, D.C., often considered a city of people passing through, I met a fa... Read More
Have the Time of Your Life at the 'Dirty Dancing' Resort Dec. 24, 2023
By Victor Block It didn't take long after arriving at Mountain Lake Lodge in Pembroke, Virginia, to ... Read More
'Dirty Dancing' Comes to Life at 'Kellerman's Resort' Dec. 23, 2023
By Fyllis Hockman Is there anyone who doesn't know you don't put Baby in a corner? Or who doesn't au... Read More
Holiday Celebrations Around the World Nov. 25, 2023
By Victor Block Model boats are decorated with brightly glimmering lights. Women sprinkle water scen... Read More
History and Nature Delight in Scotland Sep. 10, 2023
By Victor Block The first thing that impressed my wife, Fyllis, and me about the area of Scotland we... Read More
Old Traditions Are Alive and Well in Scotland Sep. 09, 2023
By Fyllis Hockman Ask anyone what they think of when they think of Scotland, and they'll probably sa... Read More
Pack Your Manners When You Travel Aug. 26, 2023
By Victor Block Norma and Robert Chase were delighted to be invited to dinner at the home of people ... Read More
What Border Crisis? What Biden Fiasco? Oct. 26, 2022
The liberal New York Times has a popular podcast simply called "The Daily," and unsurprisingly, it a... Read More
Lack of U.S. Leadership Exacerbates Southern Border Crisis Sep. 23, 2021
In March, as the number of encounters between illegal immigrants and U.S. Border Patrol agents was i... Read More
Is This Normal? Jul. 15, 2021
Philosopher David Hume believed that man is a "habit-forming animal," and "all politics and history ... Read More
'Ask Them to Spell Their Names' and Other Real-Life Blunders in Transcultural Business Communications: Part I Dec. 19, 2020
"The single greatest barrier to business success is the one erected by culture," said Edward T. Hall... Read More
Grant Protected Status to Bahamians Oct. 15, 2019
Virtually everyone in the northernmost Bahamian islands ravaged by Hurricane Dorian has been displac... Read More
The Supply-and-Demand Solution to the Drug Crisis Sep. 28, 2019
A famous Greek myth recounts the tale of the diabolical King Sisyphus. He was punished for his many ... Read More
Trump's Border War Dec. 19, 2018
"What did you do in the war, Daddy?" "I was in an Army platoon on the front lines, stringing bands ... Read More
Moral Values and Customs vs. Laws Dec. 13, 2017
I'm approaching my 82nd birthday, and my daughter will occasionally suggest that modernity is perple... Read More
Culture and Social Pathology Jun. 17, 2015
A civilized society's first line of defense is not the law, police and courts but customs, tradition... Read More
