Proposition 8 and the Sonia Sotomayor nomination expose the hypocritical state of the sexual revolution today.
By Richard Rodriguez May 28, 2009
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The media says Americans have the economic blues. But we're meeting these down times the way we always have: Not with resignation but with grit, compassion and humor.
By Richard Rodriguez
February 13, 2009
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The crusade for Proposition 8 was fueled by the broken American family, explains gay Catholic author Richard Rodriguez.
By Jeanne Carstensen
November 25, 2008
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Clinton's popularity with Latino voters reminds us that people of color do not walk in lock step. There's a lesson here for Obama.
By Richard Rodriguez
February 9, 2008
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The marches prove that immigrants are not alone. They have families -- and they're woven into our nation too deeply to tear out.
By Richard Rodriguez
April 11, 2006
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The pope and his made-for-TV papacy did more for the world at large than for his own church. But the cameras loved him to his final act.
By Richard Rodriguez
April 5, 2005
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Whatever decision the Catholic bishops make in Dallas this week, it's sure to lack a widespread or profound understanding of sexuality and the priesthood.
By Richard Rodriguez
June 14, 2002
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With one in seven California kids born to parents of different races, Ward Connerly says it's time to stop collecting outmoded racial data. But even some old allies say Connerly's is an idea whose time has not yet come.
By Pamela Burdman
May 9, 2002
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Author Richard Rodriguez talks about the erotic conundrum of race mixing in America, his strange love for Richard Nixon and why George W. Bush is our first Hispanic president.
By Suzy Hansen
April 27, 2002
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The jingoistic cries of unity since Sept. 11 are disturbing -- and fundamentally un-American.
By Richard Rodriguez
October 23, 2001
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The Census says Hispanics are poised to outnumber blacks as America's largest "minority" -- but can Hispanics really be compared to African-Americans?
By Richard Rodriguez
May 30, 2001
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For decades, Mexico has looked down on Mexican- Americans, but its new president is challenging the nation to look to them instead.
By Richard Rodriguez
December 7, 2000
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July 17, 2000
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The New York Times assures us that relations between "blacks" and "whites" are "generally good." What about the rest of us?
By Richard Rodriguez
July 13, 2000
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Jerry Brown swaps race politics for results; is it time to outgrow George Carlin?
Letters to the Editor
June 30, 1999
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Lauryn Hill is no hoochie; is Ramsey Clark a Serb apologist or the voice of truth?
Letters to the Editor
June 28, 1999
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The X Games fulfill the human need to test limits and risk death at a time when technology has created the illusion that we're in control.
By Richard Rodriguez
June 24, 1999
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The murder of Mexican talk-show host Paco Stanley reveals the growing disjunction between illusion and reality in Mexico.
By Richard Rodriguez
June 16, 1999
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Today's heart of darkness lies at the far end of the Danube, and the savages have white skin.
By Richard Rodriguez
April 5, 1999
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Can someone please explain how flirting can lead to murder?
By Richard Rodriguez
October 19, 1998
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It still doesn't occur to many that affirmative action might be unfair to poor whites, or that minority kids drop out of college not because of their color but because they are poor. It should be class, not race, that matters in the post-affirmative action era.
By Richard Rodriguez
November 10, 1997
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Black and white relations have hit bottom. Where do we go from here?
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