by Miguel A. De La Torre | May 6, 2025 | News, Opinion
Brazilian archbishop Hélder Pessoa Câmara once said, “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist.” During my younger years as an academic, before being radicalized by standing in solidarity with the...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Apr 9, 2025 | Opinion
Ignorance is strength! In this Orwellian era of “alternative facts” and “fake news,” the current Oceania administration seeks to normalize and legitimize newspeak. It provides federal agencies with a list of undesirable words that need to be struck from our...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Apr 2, 2025 | Opinion
Donald Trump is a sodomite. So are Elon Musk and Stephen Miller. Together, they engage in this abomination before the eyes of the Lord. Are you also guilty of the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah? Are you sure? Our nation has become a country of Sodomites. Truly, I say unto...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Mar 18, 2025 | Opinion
I was an undocumented immigrant in the country responsible for my expatriation. While living in a rat-and-roach-infested one-room apartment in the slums of Manhattan, my family and I received individual letters from the U.S. government. Dated June 21, 1960, the...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Dec 16, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pacifist, wrestled with an ethical dilemma. Is it moral to kill someone responsible for mass murder? He was thinking of Hitler and whether he should participate in the plot to assassinate him, which would have been an act of tyrannicide. While...
