http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Ruben_NavarretteFind stories, videos, and photos about Ruben Navarrette from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Sat, 26 May 2012 19:02:11 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Ruben_Navarrette14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Ruben Navarrette from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/09/01/navarrette.gop-field/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/09/01/navarrette.gop-field/index.htmlAn emerging storyline about Republicans' presidential choices is that there aren't enough of them. At least that's what the media assure us with headlines like: "There's room for more GOP candidates."Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/05/navarrette.millennials.jobs/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/05/navarrette.millennials.jobs/index.htmlI hate to say it, but Americans might just need to "reboot" the millennial generation. This is the cohort of 50 million people now between 18 and 30, the children of baby boomers or older members of generation X. And as researchers and other experts have trained their attention on them, a profile has emerged: Speaking broadly, millennials are tech-savvy, highly educated and have incredibly high self-esteem even if they haven't done much to deserve it. (To be sure, not every millennial is college educated and exhibits all these traits; we're speaking broadly.)Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/07/21/navarrette.soccer/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/07/21/navarrette.soccer/index.htmlLet's face it. Most Americans couldn't care less about soccer. Until, that is, a group of foreign nationals who presumably live in this country boo the U.S. team, disrespect the national anthem, and wave the flag of the nation they left behind. Then we care a whole lot.Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/06/30/navarrette.dream.revived/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/06/30/navarrette.dream.revived/index.htmlAbout once a month, I'll hear from an illegal immigrant who wants to go to Harvard.Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/06/07/navarrette.weiner.trust/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/06/07/navarrette.weiner.trust/index.htmlAs Anthony Weiner is about to find out: When you're a politician, not all lies are the same. There's a big difference between breaking a campaign promise by failing to deliver on something and breaking the public's trust with an outright falsehood.Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/18/navarrette.hispanic.census/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/18/navarrette.hispanic.census/index.htmlThe United States is becoming an Hispanic country. And it's happening much faster than anyone expected.Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/03/navarrette.border.politics/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/03/navarrette.border.politics/index.htmlWhat if, as Americans, everything we thought we knew about the politics of border security were wrong?Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/02/10/navarrette.arabic.curriculum/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/02/10/navarrette.arabic.curriculum/index.htmlWhat's Arabic for: "Spineless school administrators who teach all the wrong lessons by caving in to fear, hysteria and prejudice?"Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/01/20/navarrette.lieberman.retire/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/01/20/navarrette.lieberman.retire/index.htmlSay it ain't so, Joe. But it is so.Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:38:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/16/navarrette.boehner.crying/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/16/navarrette.boehner.crying/index.htmlIn a cute movie called "Bedazzled," Brendan Fraser plays a heartsick young man trying to woo the girl of his dreams, and Elizabeth Hurley plays a fetching variation of Satan who offers to help him for the usual going rate of one soul.Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/02/navarrette.social.security/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/02/navarrette.social.security/index.htmlAs topics go, reducing the national debt, revamping the tax system, and reforming entitlements are awfully dry. So how contentious, emotional and divisive would you expect a national discussion of these items to be?Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/11/25/navarrette.thankful.common.sense/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/11/25/navarrette.thankful.common.sense/index.htmlThis holiday, I'm thankful for the common sense of the American people.Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/11/18/navarrette.immigration.college/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/11/18/navarrette.immigration.college/index.htmlThe new battleground in the immigration debate is college and university campuses. And watching this fight unfold is, well, an education:Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/25/quickshots.day8/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/25/quickshots.day8/index.htmlEditor's note: In eight days, voters will cast ballots in the hotly contested midterm elections. In this special feature, CNN's political contributors share their quick thoughts on what's making news.Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/18/quickshots.day15/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/18/quickshots.day15/index.htmlEditor's note: There are 15 days to go before voters cast ballots in the hotly contested midterm elections. In this special feature, CNN's political contributors share their quick thoughts on what's making news.Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/11/quickshots.day22/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/11/quickshots.day22/index.htmlEditor's note: There are 22 days to go before voters cast ballots in the hotly contested midterm elections. In this special feature, CNN's political contributors share their quick thoughts on what's making news. Mary Matalin, a Republican strategist, joined CNN as a political contributor in April 2009. She has worked for Presidents Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush and served as counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney. Ruben Navarrette is a nationally syndicated columnist, an NPR commentator and a CNN.com contributor.Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/07/navarrette.whitman.housekeeper/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/07/navarrette.whitman.housekeeper/index.htmlNow that she has cluttered a controversy over an undocumented housekeeper by making excuses, refusing to admit mistakes and blaming opponents for her troubles, Meg Whitman needs to go on eBay and buy a clue.Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/09/09/navarrette.mexican.flag/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/09/09/navarrette.mexican.flag/index.htmlI realize this might be an imprudent question leading up to September 16 -- Mexican Independence Day -- but what in the world is the matter with Mexico?Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/08/18/navarrette.christie.mosque/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/08/18/navarrette.christie.mosque/index.htmlEver seen a herd of elephants do backflips? It's really quite a spectacle, and it's happening right now in Republican strongholds all over the country.Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/26/immigration.opinion.archive/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/26/immigration.opinion.archive/index.htmlSince Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070 into law in late April, there has been a wide array of opinions about the controversial immigration law, which takes effect Thursday. Here's a look at some of those viewpoints:Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/29/navarrette.teachers.unions/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/29/navarrette.teachers.unions/index.htmlAs a frequent critic of teachers' unions for standing in the way of education reform, perpetuating a culture of low expectations and defending the interests of teachers even to the detriment of students, I'm accustomed to having union officials call me "anti-teacher."Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/09/navarrette.illegal.immigrants/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/09/navarrette.illegal.immigrants/index.htmlSen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, are demonstrating real leadership on a tough issue. The issue: immigration. Their solution: a comprehensive reform bill combining enforcement with earned legal status for illegal immigrants, which they appear ready to introduce any day now.Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/02/navarrette.escalante.lessons/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/02/navarrette.escalante.lessons/index.htmlJaime Escalante was ahead of his time. And today, more than 30 years after the Bolivian-born math teacher put East Los Angeles' Garfield High School on the map by convening 14 students in his very first AP calculus class, the rest of the educational establishment is still trying to catch up.Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/16/wojcicki.firing.teachers/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/16/wojcicki.firing.teachers/index.htmlLittle Rhode Island made big news in the education arena last month. Superintendent Frances Gallo fired all the teachers at Central Falls High School after negotiations with the teachers' union failed.Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/12/navarrette.sex.offender/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/12/navarrette.sex.offender/index.htmlIn the movie "Law Abiding Citizen," Gerard Butler plays a man who loses his family when his wife and daughter are raped and murdered. After the main culprit receives a light sentence as part of a plea bargain and gets released from prison much sooner than he should have, our hero goes all "Death Wish" on the creep. He kidnaps him, drugs him and surgically dissects him into two-dozen pieces.Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:52:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/12/24/navarrette.brazil.goldman.custody/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/12/24/navarrette.brazil.goldman.custody/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor Father of the Year, my nomination goes to David Goldman. Hands down. In fact, for his persistence in tilting at windmills and challenging a foreign government to regain custody of his son and bring him home, Goldman should be named Father of the Last Five Years.Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/12/14/navarrette.immigration.bigotry/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/12/14/navarrette.immigration.bigotry/index.html#cnnSTCText'Tis the season of peace on Earth and good will toward men. Yet you wouldn't know it from the screed from the conservative radio talk show host who recently charged into the immigration debate with gums flapping.Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/12/04/navarrette.blindside.inspiration/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/12/04/navarrette.blindside.inspiration/index.html#cnnSTCTextSometimes, a film is so powerful that it haunts you long after you've left the theater. Usually, it's because of the weight of the message.Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/27/navarrette.competition.immigration/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/27/navarrette.competition.immigration/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhen I speak to college students, I always push two messages: If you work hard, take risks, leave your comfort zone and never give up, you can do anything you want to in life; and part of life is competition, because no matter what you want, you can bet that someone else wants it too.Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:56:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/20/navarrette.move.for.jobs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/20/navarrette.move.for.jobs/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn the early 1990's, I was listening to the Rush Limbaugh radio show when a young man from Youngstown, Ohio, called in to complain about... well, life.Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/06/navarrette.obama.education/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/06/navarrette.obama.education/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama deserves an A+ for his agenda for education reform. His decision to nominate Arne Duncan as U.S. education secretary was inspired, and his comments on holding the system accountable are honest, refreshing and insightful.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:53:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/15/navarrette.latino.in.america/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/15/navarrette.latino.in.america/index.html#cnnSTCTextHave you ever seen 47 million people hold their breath and hope for the best?Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/18/navarrette.rudeness.narcissism/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/18/navarrette.rudeness.narcissism/index.html#cnnSTCTextThanks to Joe, Kanye, Serena, and other misfits, a lot of people are talking about how society is undergoing a rash of rudeness.Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/navarrette.cia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/navarrette.cia/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Obama administration actually has me feeling sorry for the Central Intelligence Agency. This week, the administration hit the CIA with both barrels.Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/21/navarrette.democrats.health/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/21/navarrette.democrats.health/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn order to diagnose what ails President Obama's push for health care reform, we need less heated rhetoric and more "Cool Hand Luke."Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/31/navarrette.gates.crowley/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/31/navarrette.gates.crowley/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor the last two weeks, Americans have been divided into two feuding camps: "Team Gates" and "Team Crowley." But after Thursday, those terms seem antiquated.Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/27/navarrette.sotomayor/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/27/navarrette.sotomayor/index.html#cnnSTCTextJudge Sonia Sotomayor cruised through her confirmation hearings without a scratch.Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/15/navarrette.latino.ivy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/15/navarrette.latino.ivy/index.html#cnnSTCTextSixteen years ago, after I wrote a memoir about my experience as a Latino in the Ivy League, I got a call from a retired Jewish obstetrician who saw his reflection in my words.Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/29/navarrette.immigration.reform/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/29/navarrette.immigration.reform/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe advocates of comprehensive immigration reform have a message for their opponents: "Game on!"Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/19/navarrette.obama.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/19/navarrette.obama.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTextWith Iran suffering a political earthquake, allow me to put in a good word for meddling.Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/11/navarrette.hate.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/11/navarrette.hate.crimes/index.html#cnnSTCTextTo think there are some people who still argue that the law shouldn't categorize some offenses as hate crimes and allow for enhanced criminal penalties.Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/15/navarrette.scotus/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/15/navarrette.scotus/index.html#cnnSTCTextThings really have changed with the Obama presidency -- starting with the process for nominating a Supreme Court justice.Fri, 15 May 2009 16:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/08/navarrette.immigration.raids/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/08/navarrette.immigration.raids/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn the prickly subject of immigration raids, the judicial branch is moving in the right direction. And the executive branch is moving in all directions.Fri, 08 May 2009 09:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/30/navarrette.biden.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/30/navarrette.biden.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Obama administration forgot the first rule in a crisis: Never send Vice President Joe Biden to calm people's fears.Mon, 04 May 2009 15:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/01/navarrette.biden.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/01/navarrette.biden.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Obama administration forgot the first rule in a crisis: Never send Vice President Joe Biden to calm people's fears.Fri, 01 May 2009 17:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/24/navarrette.torture/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/24/navarrette.torture/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor someone who insists he is personally opposed to torture, President Obama has a rhetorical knack for it.Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/03/navarrette.jobs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/03/navarrette.jobs/index.html#cnnSTCTextFriday's new unemployment figures will underscore the fact that millions of Americans are either out of work or afraid they could end up that way.Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/20/navarrette.mexico/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/20/navarrette.mexico/index.html#cnnSTCTextA lot of Americans are wondering: Is it safe to travel to Mexico? It depends where you go, and what your intentions are once you get there.Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/13/navarrette.immigrants/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/13/navarrette.immigrants/index.html#cnnSTCTextHere's the good news: Authorities say that fewer illegal immigrants are crossing the U.S.-Mexican border. The Los Angeles Times recently reported that arrests along the U.S.-Mexico border in the last five months are down 24 percent from the same period last year.Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/navarrette.mexico/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/navarrette.mexico/index.html#cnnSTCTextYou may have heard the rumor that, as a result of a bloody drug war that has claimed more than 7,000 lives since January 2007, Mexico is on the verge of being declared a "failed state."Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/20/navarrette.immigration/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/20/navarrette.immigration/index.html#cnnSTCTextObviously, President Obama has a lot on his plate: two wars, an ailing economy, the mortgage crisis and more. But that doesn't relieve him of the obligation to serve up his plan for immigration reform.Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/13/navarrette.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/13/navarrette.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTextWe have a deal. This week, House and Senate leaders agreed on a $789 billion stimulus package intended to jumpstart the economy, create millions of jobs, and alleviate some of the financial anxiety suffered by individuals and businesses.Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:14:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/02/navarrette.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/02/navarrette.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTextSo much for the new bipartisanship.Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/navarrette.obama/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/navarrette.obama/index.html#cnnSTCTextBecause of circumstance, calamity and panic, President-elect Barack Obama's first days in office probably will be unlike anything experienced by other presidents in recent memory.Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/01/navarrette.senate/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/01/navarrette.senate/index.html#cnnSTCTextIllinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is growing on me. You see, I like chutzpah and I don't mind chaos.Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/19/navarrette.warren/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/19/navarrette.warren/index.html#cnnSTCTextIf controversies were sitcoms, the ruckus over Barack Obama's decision to have the invocation at his inaugural ceremony given by Rick Warren -- bestselling author and pastor of the 20,000-member Saddleback Church in Southern California -- would be the "Seinfeld" of the bunch. After all, it's about nothing.Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/20/navarrette.diversity/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/20/navarrette.diversity/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 20 years ago, I got into an argument with a college roommate over affirmative action -- one I've thought about since President-elect Barack Obama began nominating people to serve in the Cabinet and White House staff.Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/13/navarrette.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/13/navarrette.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTextHow's this for a paradox: Just days after Americans made history by electing the first black president, seven teenage thugs in Patchogue, New York, pulled a shameful page from history by forming what one prosecutor called a "lynch mob."Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/11/navarrette.edwards/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/11/navarrette.edwards/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor several weeks now, a friend -- who happens to be a fellow journalist with a good nose for news -- has been hounding me to be among the first columnists in the country to write about L'Affaire Edwards.Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/04/navarrette.immigration/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/04/navarrette.immigration/index.html#cnnSTCTextLast week, I wrote about what appears to be a ghastly hate crime in the small town of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, where teenagers allegedly beat to death a 25-year-old illegal immigrant named Luis Ramirez after spewing racial slurs and telling him to go back to Mexico.Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/23/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/23/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTextThanks to the history-making candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama, Americans find themselves at a defining moment in our politics.Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/23/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/23/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn a recent commentary, I spelled out what bothers many Hispanics about the immigration debate. In response, many readers demanded to know -- for all my criticisms -- how I would go about fixing our broken immigration system. I thought they'd never ask.Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/27/navarette.may.27/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/27/navarette.may.27/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn the question of whether recent immigrants assimilate as quickly as previous waves, many Americans exhibit short fuses -- and even shorter memories.Wed, 28 May 2008 00:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/28/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/28/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn a recent commentary, I wrote that, as a Mexican-American, the ugliness of the immigration debate offends me -- not as a Mexican, but as an American.Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/14/navarrette.mexican/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/14/navarrette.mexican/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn an episode of the television show "Seinfeld," Jerry Seinfeld worries that his dentist has converted to Judaism so he can tell jokes about Jewish people. Someone asks Seinfeld, "And this offends you as a Jewish person?" No, he says, "it offends me as a comedian." Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/04/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/04/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTextYou must know what's really driving the immigration debate. It's the culture, stupid.Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/20/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/20/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTextScore one for the knee-jerk naysayers. You know the type: those who find it easier to criticize proposed solutions to tough problems than to propose solutions of their own, which then could be criticized.Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/26/fire.navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/26/fire.navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhat turned out to be a life-changing week began, interestingly enough, with a lesson about misplaced priorities.Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/22/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/22/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe wacky world of immigration reform is full of half-baked ideas, but none has the taste of having spent less time in the oven than letting local cops enforce federal immigration law.Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/15/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/15/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTextA reader wrote in to complain about illegal immigration, not exactly a rare occurrence. He was concerned about his tax dollars paying for services for illegal immigrants.Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/10/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/10/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn politics, Hispanics are a bundle of contradictions.Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/16/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/16/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCTextThere is nothing like coming home, and I got the chance to do that today thanks to an invitation to join in a lunch forum hosted by the Kenneth L. Maddy Institute at California State University, Fresno, which sets out to train new leaders. Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/29/navarrette/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/29/navarrette/index.htmlI have taken my readers' advice. They're always suggesting interesting locales from which to report on the immigration issue. Like this: "Go back to Mexico!"Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/15/navarrette/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/15/navarrette/index.htmlFor more than a decade, I've written about the need to reform Social Security. And I've blamed older generations of Americans for not fixing a program they know is unsustainable into the future.Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:56:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/02/navarrette/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/02/navarrette/index.htmlIn the 1980s, San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros helped convene a gathering of Hispanic leaders to christen the time in which they were living: the Decade of the Hispanic.Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/04/navarrette/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/04/navarrette/index.htmlIn my travels, I'm often asked to explain who Latinos are and what their values entail. Sometimes, I have to begin by setting the record straight and correcting false impressions.Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/20/navarrette.flag/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/20/navarrette.flag/index.htmlThis is where we've arrived in this country: You have the constitutional right to burn an American flag, but you can get into trouble for simply flying a foreign one.Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/25/gilchrist.commentary/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/25/gilchrist.commentary/index.htmlOn October 12, Ruben Navarrette Jr. penned a pompous commentary for CNN.com ("Minutemen have a right to be idiotic"). His litany of name-calling and bogus accusations against The Minuteman Project membership places him solidly in the category of propagandist journalists who "spin" their stories to suit their bias -- valid facts and objectivity be damned.Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/23/navarrette/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/23/navarrette/index.htmlWhat we have here is an attempt to intimidate.Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/12/navarrette/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/12/navarrette/index.htmlWhen Minutemen founder Jim Gilchrist sent me an angry e-mail calling me a racist a while back, I shrugged it off as a pot-kettle thing.Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/25/navarrette/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/25/navarrette/index.htmlIn tackling the immigration issue, Republicans in Congress really outdid themselves. Call it: "Immigration Reform for Dummies."Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/11/navarrette/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/11/navarrette/index.htmlDo you feel safer than you did five years ago? Republicans hope the answer is yes and that you'll give them full credit. Of course, on a related note, they also hope you've developed full-fledged amnesia. They hope you've forgotten all about immigration reform and how the White House and GOP-controlled Congress were going to fix a broken system and seal a porous border -- things that make many Americans feel less safe and less secure.Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/24/navarrette/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/24/navarrette/index.htmlSome longtime readers insist they have detected a leftward drift whenever I write about illegal immigration. They're wrong.Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/11/navarrette/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/11/navarrette/index.htmlImmigration restrictionists can be so dishonest.Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/20/navarrette/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/20/navarrette/index.htmlExactly what does promoting the English language have to do with protecting borders and reforming immigration policy?Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:38:00 EDT