Ruben Navarrette Jr.

A Latino attorney general? A black woman as secretary of state? Who would have imagined it 50 years ago--or even, more recently, say, during the Clinton administration? Give President Bush...

They only wanted to send a message. That's the new catch phrase for excusing people who support political initiatives that are cruel, divisive, hypocritical or ill-conceived. Things like Arizona's Proposition...

I think I've figured out a way for Sen. John Kerry to win the White House hands down: Limit voting to people under 30. When polls examine all likely voters,...

Because they're unpredictable--that is, likely to identify with Democrats but conservative enough to vote for Republicans--Latinos were believed to be in a position to decide the presidential election. President Bush...

Step aside, John Kerry. When it comes to immigration policy, Republicans in Congress can flip-flop with the best of them. In the last decade, Republicans have sponsored bills that curtail...

A good parent can always detect a bad influence. In the 1940s, my Mexican immigrant grandfather managed to keep his son--my father--away from those kids with switchblades and leather jackets...

There was no confusing this year's political conventions with reality shows. There was very little reality in them. There was, however, plenty of pragmatism, which produced plenty of surreal moments....

Along with most of my family--my parents, my siblings, and all but one of my grandparents--I was born not in Mexico but in the United States. What I do every...

Cartoonists have this delightful ability to get to the heart of the matter. Like the cartoon I saw recently: President Bush and Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry are competing...

When more than 7,000 minority journalists came together last week for the UNITY: Journalists of Color convention, one felt a sense of pride. But after a sudden outburst of partisan...