Border crossings
Today’s the day that marks the end of Title 42, and there are plenty of articles about what’s going on at the border as a result. So I’m going to link to some of them: this at Powerline, this at … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Latin America
Title 42 will be ending on Thursday
Get ready. There’s already been a surge, but an even greater increase in border crossings by illegal immigrants is expected: The number of crossings are expected to skyrocket after Thursday and leaders at the border are taking steps to deal … Continue reading →
Biden and asylum
What’s going on with Biden’s latest announcement on the border and asylum? As this CNN article points out, it does appear to “mirror Trump.” That’s certainly rare in the annals of Biden’s executive orders, so what gives?: The Biden administration … Continue reading →
Election integrity: and then there’s Brazil
Things are happening in Brazil these days, and some of them might sound familiar: Brazil’s defense ministry has issued a report that highlights flaws in the country’s electoral systems and proposes improvements but contains nothing to substantiate claims of fraud … Continue reading →
Lula’s back
Brazilian politician “Lula” has won the presidency by a hair, making it his third term but not in a row. Lula is on the left and his main opponent (and previous president) Bolsonaro is on the right. This seems to … Continue reading →
Colombia chooses the Venezuela/Cuba way
There’s been an election in Colombia: Former rebel Gustavo Petro is set to be Colombia’s first leftist president after voters handed him a slim victory in Sunday’s runoff election against Rodolfo Hernández, a political outsider and populist. Petro had garnered … Continue reading →
Report: the school police chief was not informed about the 911 calls from the children
Earlier I suspected this might be the case, and now we have semi-official word that it is the case (of course, that can change after a more complete investigation as time goes on): State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, said … Continue reading →
The war against police: we’ve learned more about Oscar Rosales…
…and it’s absolutely no surprise. I previously wrote about Rosales here; he is the suspect in the killing of Houston police officer Charles Galloway. The term “cold-blooded murder” seems to fully apply in this case. Now more facts about Rosales … Continue reading →
The Houston police killing suspect
There has been so much news lately that I haven’t covered everything or even close to everything that’s of interest. One very sad event that caught my attention – but that I haven’t written about until now – was the … Continue reading →
The situation at the border is about to get worse
A lot worse: A senior administration official told the Washington Free Beacon that border agents are preparing to process up to 1,200 families a day once the public health restrictions are lifted. That works out to about 375,000 families over … Continue reading →
Nikole Hannah-Jones wants both races to be equally miserable
Margaret Thatcher made a memorable point in 1990 about socialism. Her example involved the standard of living: Nikole Hannah-Jones, head of the 1619 Project, seems to take the same tack as the leftists in the above clip, only Hannah-Jones spoke … Continue reading →
Protests in Cuba: sanctions, COVID, and liberty
What’s going on in Cuba?: From the Malecón, Havana’s famous seawall near the old city, to small towns in Artemisa province and Palma Soriano, the second-largest city in Santiago de Cuba province, videos live-streamed on Facebook showed thousands of people … Continue reading →