Everyone according to their upbringing have a certain level of intolerance. My family, for example, did not tolerate lying. It was better to own up to mistakes than to be […]
Author Archives: By Rodolfo F. Acuña
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From the Cradle to the Grave — The Delusion
I have read and reread 17th century Spanish dramatist Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s “La vida es sueño” (Life Is A Dream) countless times to remind me that my life […]
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Impaction “Mental Masturbation”
We used to have a name for it; we called arguing with the administration “mental masturbation.” It led nowhere, only complete mental frustration. Although many campus administrators want to do […]
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In Search of the Almond Impaction
The power of “The Man,” as they used call the establishment in the 1960s, is its ability to control and change the narrative. In Arizona, the Koch Brothers and the […]
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Impaction: What Goes Around Comes Around
On September 11, 1973, General Augusto Pinochet, in cooperation with the CIA, led a military coup assassinating constitutionally elected Salvador Allende and unleashing a reign of terror that in the […]
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The REAL Questions To Ask About The Deadly Events in France
“3.7 Million March In Paris… World Leaders Join Demonstrators In Mourning And Defiance… French PM: ‘Today, Paris Is The Capital Of The World’…” “‘POURQUOI?’ An accompanying headline boomed, “AT WAR […]
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Is Stereotyping Racist?
As I have said on many occasions, “[Todo] depende del cristal con que se mire” (“everything depends on the color of the crystal that one looks through”). Our life experiences, social […]