by Miguel A. De La Torre | Oct 8, 2025 | Opinion
When automobiles replaced the horse and buggy in the early twentieth century, entire industries disappeared—blacksmiths, horse stables, whip makers and carriage manufacturers. You couldn’t give away horses. Still, newer jobs in the automotive industry replaced these...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Oct 1, 2025 | Opinion
For years, I was in Charlie Kirk’s crosshairs, having the dubious honor of being targeted on his “Professor Watch List.” This experience has been terrorizing—fraught with fear, sleepless nights, and hyper-vigilance. Kirk’s cyberbullying has triggered death threats and...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Sep 16, 2025 | Opinion
Some mourned upon hearing of the death of James Dobson at 89 last month. Others rejoiced. All I felt was pity for the man and sadness for all the lives he ruined with his iniquitous, toxic theology. His demise reminded me of how he was the primary reason why I lost my...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Sep 2, 2025 | Opinion
This is a scary time to be a Latine in the United States. The news is full of stories of face-covered ICE agents rounding up undocumented immigrants, placing them in concentration-type facilities, and deporting them without due process. These draconian actions are not...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Aug 14, 2025 | Opinion
The term “Israeli–Gaza War” often used by the media is a misnomer. War is typically understood as “a geographically limited armed conflict between two or more sovereign nation states characterized by violence conducted via an armed, organized military force.” Under...
