Day: February 1, 2007

By BONNIE ERBE

Spare me the Barbaro encomia. It’s not that a horse with such heart doesn’t deserve high praise, in death and in life. It’s that most of the people praising him the loudest are hypocrites.

The only humans possessing adequate moral standing to praise Barbaro’s bravery are those who publicly oppose racetrack cruelty, or for that matter, all animal cruelty so omnipresent in American society today.

By JOSE de la ISLA

Hispanic Link News Service

Last winter the Border Angels set out from the California border town of San Ysidro to reach 40 U.S. cities in 40 days. Enrique Morones, heading the group, wanted to encourage local leaders to join a national demonstration against the draconian House of Representatives-approved bill that would criminalize up to 12 million migrants in this nation.