Monthly Archives: December 2016
A Long December
A reflection amid the cold bloom of a fine winter as the watershed year of 2016 slips away
By Mark Cromer
Standing alongside the Bengal tiger...
A Kinder, Gentler Crisis?
Media snapshots of demonstrations in support of illegal immigrants is often dramatically different than what is actually said, shouted or reported
By Mark Cromer
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger...
Pander Guide
A quick refresher of immigration clichés
By Mark Cromer
As the Iowa Caucus results promises a wide-open presidential race that may stretch even beyond Super...
Real Newspaper, Fake Story?
My exchange with Los Angeles Times staff writer Robin Abcarian over her column on a victimized Muslim child in the wake of the Boston bombings...
Mountain, Molehill or Mirage?
With 'fake news' now all the rage, here's a column I wrote shortly after the Boston bombings of 2013 as the Los Angeles Times—a...