Editorial:
National City’s First Step Toward a General Plan
On Tuesday at the Kimball Senior Center in National City, approximately 150 people showed up to begin the process of developing an agenda or, if you will, the beginning of a General Plan for the City of National City.
Commentary:
Our Governor’s Health Plan
By James Santiago Grisolía, MD
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has brought his star power to the health care crisis. While California legislative leaders Fabian Nuñez and Donald Perata have their own proposals, the Governor’s plan is more detailed, even though it has not been introduced as a formal bill. The impact has already been felt as far as Washington, where President Bush felt pressured to add last-minute health initiatives to his State of the Union speech.
Comentario:
El Plan “Schwarzenegger” Promete Mucho para la Salud
Por el Dr James Santiago Grisolía
Arnold Schwarzenegger, el gobernador de California, ha traido su fama de “superstar” a solucionar la crisis de medicina Americana. Aunque los líderes de la legislatura Californiana, Fabian Nuñez y Donald Perata, tienen sus propias propuestas, el plan del Gobernador es más detallada, a pesar de que no se presenta en forma de legislación formal. Su impacto se registra hasta Washington, donde el Presidente Bush se sentía presionado para añadir unas iniciativas de salud al último minuto a su plática del Estado de la Unión.
Comentario:
Guerra contra la droga
Por Humberto Caspa, Ph.D
Los síntomas de la campaña contra el crimen organizado se siente más en tierras norteamericanas que en México, donde el gobierno de Felipe Calderón inició una guerra sin cuartel contra los capos de la droga.
Commentary:
Cuba at The Crossroads?
By Dr. H.W. Henke
An article on Haiti that appeared in Time magazine in January 1973 – at the end of the dictatorship of “Papa Doc” Duvalier and the commencement of his son “Baby Doc’s harsh rule– states: ‘There is also a sound on the city streets that to most urban Americans is unfamiliar: laughter.’” The sentence might as well have been written about today’s Cuba. That may only amount to a trite observation, but, despite Fidel Castro’s grave illness, there are many more hearty smiles and – yes – real laughter to be encountered in today’s Havana, despite the greater privation than conceivably in any major American city.
La tortilla: golpe a los pobres en México
ANÁLISIS
Por Dagoberto Márquez
La producción de granos básicos en México se caracteriza por dos cosas principalmente: por tener como el grano más importante al maíz, primeramente, y por ser deficitaria en la producción de este, en segundo término. Si usted se creyó el cuento de que producíamos lo suficiente, ahora ve que aquello fue una vil mentira, una más de las muchas a que nos tenían acostumbrados. Y no se vaya con la finta, no hemos “abierto” la puerta a las importaciones porque ésta nunca se ha cerrado, así de simple. Dicho en otros términos, México compra maíz a los Estados Unidos y ocasionalmente a otros países desde hace mucho tiempo y no ha dejado de hacerlo por la simple y sencilla razón de que lo necesita dadas las pésimas decisiones que se han tomado con respecto al campo. Ahora bien, al margen de tanta especulación informativa, vamos a intentar explicar, así sea brevemente, qué pasa en relación con el brutal incremento en el precio de venta de la tortilla, el más importante y sagrado de nuestros alimentos en esta región del planeta. ¿Le parece...?
TEZOZOMOC SPEAKS:
This war in Iraq has gotten so far off course it would be a laughing matter except for the fact that people are dying. The Iraqies asked the US for more new and improved weaponary and the US turned them down because the Iraqies would not be able to handle the sophisticated weaponary… Hey, isn’t this the country that was supposed to have weapons of mass destruction???
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Entertainment, Reviews, Sporting news, and other tid bits
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
Dear Mexican: How do Mexicans get such ridiculous nicknames from seemingly normal names? For instance, José becomes Chepe, Eduardo is Lalo, Gabriel becomes Gabi, and Guillermo devolves into Memo.
It’s Marcela, Not Chela
Book Review:
Beautiful-Ugliness … The Life of the Immigrant in Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street
By E.A. Barrera
The dreams people live with as they move through life - they will either set us free or crush us in disappointment. Sandra Cisneros speaks of the dreams a young girl and the people around her employ to get them through the day. It is the dream of the immigrant idealized by the Statue of Liberty. It is the reality of the life spent hoping for a better tomorrow because the nightmare of today can butcher us if we forget that dream.
ESCENARIOS:
Llegó al Reperthory Theatre en San Diego Don Quijote de la Mancha
“Con actores de cine y televisión, un musical en el Teatro de Horton Plaza”
Por Ursula Tania
Con actores de cine y televisión, El Repertory Theatre lleva al escenario el espectáculo “Don Quijote de la Mancha”, que se presenta en temporada de miércoles a domingo en el Lyceum Theatre en Horton Plaza, hasta el 4 de febrero.
Marco Renteria: Musician with local ties establishing himself among legends
By Francisco H. Ciriza
Marco Renteria’s descriptions of his current position are pretty clear: He’s living a dream. The relative new comer to the world of rock en Español holds down the low end, pounding out thumping bass lines in one of Latin music’s all-time biggest band of rockeros , Mexico City’s Jaguares.
Macuilxochitl's Kiva:
Poncho Sanchez
By Francisco H. Ciriza
Poncho Sanchez was born on October 30, 1951 into a large Mexican-American family in Texas, but grew up in the Los Angeles area. There he was inspired by a broad range of Latin and non-Latin popular music and especially by the conga playing of Cuban great Mongo Santamaria. It was just a matter of time before the music business and its biggest names would make room for the robust always smiling Sanchez.
Renovan y Enfrentan Ideas en la Asociación Nacional de Actores
Por: Paco Zavala
Visitamos las renovadas y flamantes oficinas de la Sección IV de la Asociación Nacional de Actores, ubicadas en esta ciudad de Tijuana. Estas oficinas han tomado una dimensión moderna en sus instalaciones debido a que les dieron una “mano de tigre, no de gato”, al renovarlas en su totalidad, las cuales lucen fresca y placentera la estadía en su interior, felicitaciones por tan atinada determinación, la verdad desde hace mucho tiempo la necesitaban.
¡TIC TAC TIEMPO!
San Diego Photographer Anthony Mournian Pays Tribute to Chicano Park History
San Diego photographer Anthony Mournian has been making a name for himself exhibiting his emotional and humanistic collection of black and white photos of last year’s immigration marches in San Diego. From the first annual Fiesta del Sol Festival in Sherman Heights to evening exhibits in Balboa Park, his photos have struck a chord in Latino families who, at times, find themselves the focal point of his lens.
Lopez a Solid Defender for Barons
By John Philip Wyllie
Heading into the Mesa League soccer season Bonita Vista coach, Jason Murphy was anticipating another great year from his stellar junior center midfielder Arturo Cuevas. When Cuevas, battling for a header caught an elbow in the nose, the season took an unexpected turn. With his nose badly broken the skillful Cuevas was forced to the sideline. Without his offensive spark the team now has to rely heavily on its defense. That is where Clayton Lopez comes in.
Arciaga to Resume Football Career in Europe
By John Philip Wyllie
Six years have passed since the 2001 football season which saw Tyler Arciaga establish several new passing records for the Bonita Vista Barons. What hasn’t passed is Arciaga’s desire to continue playing the game that he loves. So this weekend the now 24- year old quarterback will board a plane for Austria and begin his professional career playing for the Danube Dragons of the Austrian League of the European Federation of American Football. It has been quite a ride for Arciaga who parlayed his football scholarships into a bachelor’s and master’s degree for UNLV and an additional MBA from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. As bright as he is athletic, Arciaga received several good offers to begin his career in business upon his graduation, but he has opted to head in a different direction. At least for now.
What’s Going On, Here?
Bullfight World
By Lyn Sherwood
Have you ever had one of those days when nothing seemed to go right?
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