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Dr. Al Carlos Hernandez
On this Memorial Day, as we reflect on the untimely loss of brothers and sisters who fought and won our freedoms, it reminds me of a street tradition that we had that many working men still maintain. The tradition was that before we would take a drink, someone would pour some on the ground and say, “This is for the fellas that ain’t here.”My brother John would snatch the cap off the bottle and throw the cap way high and far into the wind, never to return.
Friday 14 May 2010
by: Eugene Robinson, Op-Ed
Washington – At least we don’t have to pretend anymore. Arizona’s passing of that mean-spirited new immigration law wasn’t about high-minded principle or the need to maintain public order. Apparently, it was all about putting Latinos in their place.
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