by Miguel A. De La Torre | Dec 1, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
I am vermin, a pestiferous being to be eradicated, exterminated, extinguished. For you see, to call someone “vermin” is to embrace the belief of the danger vermin poses to the body. Pesticide is the only appropriate response to pestilence. As far as former president...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Nov 14, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Before exploring the ethics of Nat Turner’s four-day slave revolt, it is important to plainly state my position, lest, as so often happens, people refusing to carefully read my writings impose upon them what they think are my opinions so as to dismiss me or my...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jan 5, 2023 | Opinion
Imagine applying for admission to your ideal university or for that perfect job, only to be turned away because someone lacking your work ethic, skills or intelligence is given your spot because of their skin pigmentation. An injustice exists whenever a person, based...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Dec 20, 2022 | Opinion
Prophets and poets have created an ethereal, imaginary place of pearly gates, gold-paved streets and harp-playing angels as a final resting place for our heavy burden souls. Missing from their conjured imaginary of heaven is that this serene and tranquil place where...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Dec 6, 2022 | Opinion
I write these words sitting on an old, uncomfortable, wooden pew in an almost 500-year-old cathedral nestled at the foot of a volcano and adjacent to Lake Atitlán. When my conquistador ancestors entered the Mayan village named “house of the birds,” they tore down the...
