Editorial and Commentary

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<p>&nbsp;Desde el principio de los años 90s, la globalización comenzó a producir la exportación de&nbsp; buenos empleos. El número de norteamericanos sin seguro médico aumentó considerablemente. Nada&nbsp; que ver con los inmigrantes ilegales. Hoy en día, uno de cada tres estadounidenses carece de seguro médico o tiene una cobertura sub estándar. Estados Unidos es la única nación industrializada que no asegura la cobertura médica.</p>

Kevin O’Neill doing it the hard way

 Kevin O’Neill laments someone has called him greedy and a predator; he was overheard calling his detractors Luddities. It would all be funny if that was all there was to it.

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<p>&nbsp;¡Ajá! Apenas recibió el agua bendita del Partido Republicano. Para ser más exactos, Meg Whitman, ex gerente de eBay, se hizo oficialmente conservadora hace dos años. Votó por primera vez cuando tenía 46 años de edad.</p>
<p>&nbsp;Sin embargo, hoy, esta vaca sagrada del sector privado, quiere ser la nueva gobernadora de uno de los estados más politizados del país.</p>

Editorial:

Local LULAC chapter closes their doors

It was with great sadness when we received the letter from the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), San Diego Council #2842, announcing that they would cease existing as a vital organization within the South Bay. The letter in itself was not a surprise. We knew that with the passing of its president, Bea Estrada earlier this year due to pre-leukemia, that the future of this club would be in trouble. What the letter did do was serve as a reminder what Bea meant to LULAC and to the community.

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<p>&nbsp;The impact of the economic crisis on the University of California has been in the headlines over the last two weeks.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;Last Saturday’s Union Tribune article on the UC budget meltdown drew heavily on a letter that was signed by 23 department chairmen at UC San Diego. Unfortunately, this has been the only public proposal from UCSD faculty and so all of us who teach there have been tainted with its self-serving recommendations.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;Higher Education in California is facing the greatest challenge in its history. But Latino youth will pay a disproportionate share of the consequences for the crisis in the next few years. The impasse between Governor Schwarz-enegger and the state legislature have created the conditions for an ever further worsening of the economy of this state.</p>