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TALES OF TORRES 8.20.17 “LOSS OF MORAL AUTHORITY”

Trump Has Lost Any Semblance of Moral Authority By Luís Torres It’s time to call for Donald Trump to resign the presidency. Given the maniacally egotistic nihilistic that he is, it is of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Charlottesvile controversy, Donald Trump presidency, Heather Heyer, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

August 20, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 2.02.17 “HOW TO SAY NO TO DONALD TRUMP”

How to say “No” to Donald Trump Cornel West has described Naomi Klein as “One of the few revolutionary public intellectuals of great integrity and vision.” And he is correct. Klein is also a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, LATINOPIA BOOK REVIEW, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Latinopia Book Review, Luis R.. Torres, Naomi Klein, Tales of Torres

July 2, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES – 4.29.2017 AFTER THE RIOTS

It’s difficult to believe that it’s been twenty-five years since the L.A. Riots. Or Rebellion. Or Revolt. Or Uprising. Whatever you choose to call those events of late April and early May, 1992, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Los Angeles 1992 Riots, Luis R.. Torres, Rodney King, Tales of Torres

April 28, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 03.12.17 OBAMA MARRIES A GIRAFFE

Donald Trump on Twitter: “I have just learned that Barack Obama married a giraffe! What a bad (sick) guy. Sad.” Washington Daily Chronicle: (Dateline Washington, March 11, 2017) The White … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Donald Trump Tweets, Latino Satire, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

March 12, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 12.11.16 “FAKE NEWS – REAL SCARINESS”

“Fake News” Causes Real Scariness in the Trump Election            More than a month after the shocking and horrifying election of snake oil salesman Donald Trump, lots of folks are shaking their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Fake News on the Intenet, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

December 11, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 8.18.16 “IS HISTORY MORE THAN AN AGREED UPON MYTH?”

IS HISTORY MORE THAN JUST A MYTH AGREED UPON? Recent political chingazos about the teaching of history in our public schools got me to recalling a crazy comment a woman in Texas made a few years … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Latino book banning, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

September 18, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 8.28.16 “THE CHICANO GENERATION”

I now have a little granddaughter and I’m thinking that when she’s old enough she just might ask, “What did you do in the Chicano Movement, grandpa?” I should live that long. She’s one year old. I’m … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Chicano Civil Rights Movement, Luis R.. Torres, Mario Garcia, Tales of Torres, The Chicano Generation

August 27, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 6.12.16 “DONALD TRUMP IS MAKING AMERICA GRATE AGAIN”

Scary. Dangerous. The ultimate pendejo is at it again, with probably his greatest pendejada so far. “He’s a Mexican, OK,” said Trump recently of the federal judge who is presiding over one of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Donald Trump, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres, Trump Curiel Controversy

June 12, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 5.08.16 “DIA DE LAS MADRES”

DIA DE LAS MADRES           Mothers’ Day is upon us. In the United States this year it will be May 8 (observed on the second Sunday in May), while in Mexico it will be observed – as always – on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Luis R.. Torres, Mother's Day, Tales of Torres

May 8, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 3.27.16 “EYDIE GORME – THE GOOD STORY NEVER TOLD””

As a writer of non-fiction, you’re always looking for “a good story.” I made a career of searching for good stories, and often catching ‘em and reeling ‘em in. It starts with a good idea and then … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Eydie Gorme, Eydie Gorme & Los Panchos, Los Panchos, Luis R.. Torres, Sabor a Mi, Tales of Torres

March 23, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 11.22.15 THE LATEST TRUMP PENDEJADA

The Latest Pendejada from Donald Trump Donald Trompa is at it again. This time his pendejada has to do with a moronic plan to round up immigrants and ship them out of the country. In a typically … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: 1930s Repatriations, Anti-immigrant hysteria, Donald Trump, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

November 20, 2015 by JT

TALES OF TORRES 10.26.15 ‘YA ERA TIEMPO AT MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART”

Ya Era Tiempo: Chicano Art at the Museum of Latin American Art A new exhibition has opened at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California. And it signals a shift in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: "Somewhere Over El Arco iris", Chicano Art, Luis R.. Torres, Musuem of Latin American Art, Tales of Torres

October 26, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 8.31.15 “MAKING SURE POLICE PROTECT AND SERVE”

MAKING SURE POLICE ACTUALLY “PROTECT AND SERVE” It’s been a year since the killing of Michael Brown by a cop in Ferguson, Missouri set off a firestorm of rage and demonstrations. It gave rise to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Luis R.. Torres, Michael Brown, Police shootings, Ray Tensing, Tales of Torres, University Police

August 31, 2015 by Breht Burri

TALES OF TORRES 7.12.15 “THE CHICANO GENERATION”

I now have a little granddaughter and I’m thinking that when she’s old enough she just might ask, “What did you do in the Chicano Movement, grandpa?” I should live that long. She’s one year old. I’m … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: El Movimiento, Luis R.. Torres, Raul Ruíz, Rosalio Muñoz and Gloria Arellanes, Tales of Torres, The Chicano Generation, The Chicano Movement

July 12, 2015 by

TALES OF TORRES 5.24.15 “IT’S NOT JUST RACISM”

IT'S NOT JUST RACISM THAT BREED POLICE BRUTALITY It’s not only racism that’s behind the recently documented cascade of violent police abuse cases in the United States. There’s a kind of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Luis R.. Torres, Police Brutality in America, protests over police killings, Recent police protests, Tales of Torres

May 23, 2015 by Breht Burri

TALES OF TORRES 9.21.14 “MICKEY AND MINNIE AT THE PARADE”

Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse “Go Mexican” on Independence Day Who woulda thunk it? Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse served as the Honorary Grand Marshals of this year’s Mexican Independence Day … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Edward James Olmos, Luis R.. Torres, Mickey Mouse at 16th of September parade, Mickey Mouse Grand Marshal, Tales of Torres

September 21, 2014 by Breht Burri

TALES OF TORRES 2.09.14 “WE NEED BETTER COPS”

POLICE BRUTALITY CONTINUES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE NEED BETTER COPS. The year started with the ugly but not necessarily unexpected news that a couple of cops who apparently beat a man to death were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Luis Torres, Police and the Latino community, Police Brutallity, Police reform, Tales of Torres, What's New

February 9, 2014 by Breht Burri

TALES OF TORRES 3.15.15 “CUBA AND FIDEL”

Who woulda thunk it? First, the Berlin Wall comes down and now they’re planning to open a United States Embassy in Havana! And the Cubans will open an official embassy in Washington, D.C. Years ago … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Fidel, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres, U.S. Cuban reproachment, US opens embassy in Cuba

March 15, 2015 by

TALES OF TORRES 11.02.14 “IS HISTORY MORE THAN JUST A MYTH?”

IS HISTORY MORE THAN JUST A MYTH AGREED UPON? Recent political chingazos about the teaching of history in our public schools got me to recalling a crazy comment a woman in Texas made a few years … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Carey McWilliams, Chicano Studies, Howard Zinn, Luis Torres, Tales of Torres

November 2, 2014 by Breht Burri

TALES OF TORRES 6.01.14 “BEN DEJO ON HILLARY CLINTON”

Hello. I’m Luís Torres. As you must know by now, by virtue of the fact that you are reading this, I regularly write the blog “Tales of Torres.” This time around, I’ve decided to step aside and let a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Ben Dejo, Hillary Clinton, Luis Torres, Tales of Torres

June 1, 2014 by Breht Burri

TALES OF TORRES 02.15.15. “TORTILLAS IN OUTER SPACE”

The Humble Mexican Tortilla is a Staple in Outer Space In the fall of 1979 I found it nearly impossible to find tortillas in New York City. But today tortillas are ubiquitous. Heck, tortillas … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Chris Hadfield, Luis R.. Torres, Rodolfo Neri Vela, Tales of Torres, Tortillas in Outer Space, Tortillas the breakfast of astronauts, what astronauts love to eat

February 15, 2015 by Breht Burri

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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 12.02.23

December 2, 2023 By wpengine

Andres de Tapia Wrote An Eyewitness Account of the Conquest in Mexico in 1519 Bernal Diaz del Castillo, a soldier of fortune who served under Hernan Cortes in the conquest of Mexico, provided a brilliant eyewitness account of the conquest of the Aztec Empire. Published in 1568 as The True History of the Conquest of […]

TALES OF TORRES TRUMP 11.24.23 TAKE TRUMP AT HIS WORD

November 25, 2023 By wpengine

Trump is a Dangerous Menace and He is Showing What He Is: Take Him at His Word by Luis Torres In the current media landscape we usually hear or read bits and pieces of the human pendejada that is Donald J. Trump. He seems to be in hiding, to a degree. Mercifully, we can tune […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 11.24.23

November 24, 2023 By wpengine

A Reunion of the Gallista Artists at Dock Space Gallery Art reunions can be problematic. They can be especially difficult and challenging if the artists are asked to create new works. In any art reunion, timing and reliable associations are everything. Latino artists are part of a very mobile sector and are known to relocate […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 11.16.23

November 15, 2023 By wpengine

Vicente Telles: A Latino Who Preserves and Redefines New Mexican Art Vicente Telles is an award-winning Santero retablo painter of saints and a highly talented portrait painter from the South Valley of Albuquerque. He is one of a few U.S. Latino artists chosen to participate in the La Malinche Exhibit created at the Denver Art […]

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