Mexico is not Sweden. Letter to Denton Record Chronicle, 7-15-18
https://www.dentonrc.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letters-to-the-editor-july/article_ecc15a07-4e03-5401-a8fa-6ad1e248714f.html
Author: Manuel
Guest essay on fluency – Denton record Chronicle. 7-14-15
What team does Herman Melville play for? When a friend went to a local soup kitchen a few weeks ago to help, something she does about once a month, she started to get offended when they asked her if she could write. Then they explained that none of the dozen or so college students doing […]
Ref. learning . . .
There have been a lot of articles written lately explaining the importance of being fluent with language (at least one), with numbers, even of knowing how to write (as oppose to texting). That many feel the inclination to write about this is telling enough. For me, this entire week has been spent fighting with people […]
Guest essay on North Korea – Denton Record Chronicle 6-16-18
On North Korea and surprises. I’ve been thinking about the summit with North Korea and wondering if president Trump is getting good advice. I have no reason to think he’s not, other than remembering a couple of instances when we Americans didn’t get good advice. The first instance that came to mind was reading about […]
Guest essay – not published . . . so sad :(
Here is a letter I wrote to the Denton Record Chronicle that did not get published. Sean McCrory, its executive editor, was nice enough to write back explaining that “a response to a column it’s not something we normally would do as a guest essay.” He suggested I shorten it as “a letter to the […]
Life is stranger than fiction . . .
Life is truly stranger than fiction and the World Cup proves it. Who would have thought the defending champions were going home so early? That South Korea is out, even after beating Germany, and because of them, Mexico gets to move forward. That alone should have won the Koreans the “bless you my son,” trophy […]
Guest essay on immigration – Denton Record Chronicle 6-22-18
On immigration . . . I’m an immigrant, a legal one, with a US passport and my first language is not English, which sounds like a confession, but it’s not: it’s a fact. I was born in Corral, Chile, a very different place than anywhere in this country. I also remember the excitement of coming […]
Guest essay on gun control – Denton Record Chronicle, 6-7-18
Reading about the pro-gun vs gun-control debate one has to wonder if the vocal ones on either side will ever learn. Nobody is changing their minds, nobody wants to, and the very reason one side gives to make a change, is the reason the other side wants to keep it the same. In fact, there […]
. . . “they don’t make those anymore,” . . .
Sometime this year this country will become the world’s largest oil producer. Yes, bigger than Saudi Arabia and Russia. And that’s not all, the producers are making money and lots of it. So what happen to all the talk of conservation, gasohol, reducing emissions, solar cars, greenhouse gases, global warming and all the rest? Nothing, […]
Napalm-girl
Phan Thi Kim Phúc Know who this is? No? Well, I didn’t either until this week. For years people have referred to her as napalm-girl, only I never knew her real name until this week. Her picture at the age of nine running naked down a road, screaming in fear and pain after a napalm […]