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The Banana Republics
Some of you may be wondering what a “banana republic” is. You can look it up in Wikipedia but be careful, since the first definition that pops up is to an upscale clothing store with lots of boobs and legs, although there are other outfits marketed for everybody from babies to men. Keep on scrolling […]
There’s a Hispanic Living in My House
May 17, 2022
Years ago, when growing up in Lima, Peru I knew more or less that I was a little gringuito. That’s gringo in the diminutive or little gringo. If you still don’t know what a “gringo” is, that’s what we Americans are called in Latin America. It’s a common term in the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking world […]
Biden Administration to Deliver Peace and Prosperity to Central America, Part 1
April 12, 2021
This is part 1 of a two-part Port Rail on the history of the Americas, North, Central, and South, and the current immigration crisis or challenge or whatever you want to call the open border policy the Biden administration has put into place with respect to the border and immigration. If it hasn’t become perfectly […]
Spanish History, 101
May 5, 2020
We periodically revisit Spain in this column not simply because I like Spain, but in the U. S. today 41 million people speak Spanish as their first language, or 13% of the population. There are also nearly 12 million bilingual Spanish speakers here, like me. In fact, the U. S. is the second-largest Spanish speaking […]
The Biggest Church and the Smallest Church in Town
April 10, 2020
I sometimes drive on Crescent Ridge Road, perhaps going to buy a shrub or some vegetable seedlings for my vegetable garden at Brown’s Nursery and enjoy the wonderful views to the east from the high points along the road. You can see, I bet, for ten or fifteen miles, the woods, and small hills, and […]
My Hispanic Friend and the Holy Spirit
August 17, 2019
While in jail a few weeks ago I ran into a couple of friends, one new and one old. Let me hasten to add that I was in jail to teach the Bible with a group of Christian men and women who go into the Tuscaloosa County Jail every Tuesday night. So, I go into […]
Violence in Latin America
January 19, 2019
The latest immigrant crisis at the border between the U.S. and Mexico to keep us occupied over the past few months raised a serious question, not to say that the immigrant crisis is not serious enough. And the question begs some good answers in the U. S. media and among those who run this country, […]
The New Hispanic America
December 2, 2018
A few years ago, I discovered a Hispanic in my home. Awkkk, what’s happening here? The invasion of the Mexican gardeners? Confession: when I first came to Tuscaloosa in 1972 to teach Latin American history at UA, there were hardly any Spanish speakers in town, other than a few odd balls like me and the […]
Bible Gateway’s Verse of the Day
- Hebrews 6:10 May 18, 2024“God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.”
May 4, 2023
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