When Readers Attack! ‘We Wash our A$$ with Water’
Expat Chronicles I kindly respond to an poorly educated Argentine, Jorge, who takes issue with several points in my groundbreaking article, Expats > Regular Gringos. When Readers Attack! ‘We Wash...
View ArticleAn AR-15 in Every Classroom
Expat Chronicles We need security guards with an AR-15 in every classroom of every American school. We don't need less guns snowflakes, we need more! An AR-15 in Every Classroom
View ArticleAmerican Food: The World’s Best* Cuisine
Expat Chronicles A detailed explanation on how to objectively judge the world's best cuisine, and a detailed profile of American foods including steaks, seafood, salads and more. American Food: The...
View ArticleUgly American with the Lads at the Pub in Lima
Expat Chronicles Navigating the cultural nuances and language barriers of the English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh at an Irish pub in Lima. Alternate Title: An Ode to our Friends from the Other Side of...
View ArticleSay No to Cocaine Shaming
Expat Chronicles A rebuttal against a Guardian op-ed which argues that white, middle-class cocaine users are complicit in the violence of narcoterrorism and the drug war. Say No to Cocaine Shaming
View ArticleTIA: ‘US Bank Needs to Get Their Sh*t Together’
I recently spent two weeks in the States on business. A couple anecdotes have inspired the new blog series, This is America (TIA). I arrived at night just as six inches of snow began to dump down on...
View ArticleTIA: Free Hugs for Hipsters
My old college buddy Chuck spent a few years in Washington DC before landing in Chicago, where he has been for the last few. In big, cosmopolitan cities populated with over-educated people, Chuck is...
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‘Latino’ is Not a Race
A video featuring poet Noel Quiñones came across my desk.According to his website, Quiñones is “a Puerto Rican poet, actor, organizer, and performance artist born and raised in the Bronx. He travels...
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The POTUS Creates a Work of Art
President Donald Trump is normally referred to on this blog as the “National Disgrace.” But not in this article. No, not this time. Because the picture above has given me the most joy since Anthony...
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When Readers Attack! ‘All Yall Know to Do is Judge and be Racist’
The latest edition of the When Readers Attack! series comes courtesy of the poorly educated and embittered Colombian resident in America, Abraham. Abraham’s comment below is another on my article...
View ArticleIs Your Home State Safer than Peru?
The city of St. Louis occasionally registers the highest murder rate in the United States. Sometimes the distinction goes to Detroit, New Orleans or Baltimore. But St. Louis is always in the top five....
View ArticleHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Trump
I have paid more attention to American politics since the rise of Trump than ever before. I went from proud agnostic who wrote articles like Don’t Vote to someone who created a tag for my rants and,...
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Love in the Time of Coronavirus
It’s pandemic season. Are you in your favorite place in the world? Peru and Colombia ordered lockdowns. Peruvian airports were ordered to close, stranding hundreds of gringo tourists. They couldn’t...
View ArticleOne Hundred Weeks of Solitude
My family set foot on American soil in February 2019, which makes about 14 months of Repat Chronicles. Just over a year, so not quite 100 weeks, but we’re keeping with the Gabo allusion from the last...
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My Politically Incorrect Take on Racial Injustice in America
While this time feels different, I do not believe the #GeorgeFloydProtests will lead to lasting change in American criminal justice. I’d be delighted to be proved wrong, but I think the degree of...
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The Florida Project has Failed
Florida is the new global epicenter for Covid-19. The state recently registered more new cases than all of Europe combined. It’s time to recognize that the Florida project has failed. Let’s keep small...
View ArticleGoya Foods Makes an Incredible Blunder … Maybe
Goya Foods CEO Robert Unanue heaped praise on President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden last week, prompting a boycott of the traditional Latin foods company. “We’re all truly blessed … to have a...
View ArticleTIA: Suburban ARSE Hellscape
I hate one part of life in America above all others. I’ve dropped hints here and there, but never devoted a blog post. I don’t like the physical act of driving a car. If I drive for an hour, I’m tired...
View ArticleEp. 1: Three Words Controversial in Latin America
Publishing here on my own website should, as I understand it, send the audio file to all the major podcasting platforms. This is a test. Let’s see if it works on Spotify, Apple, Google Play, Stitcher,...
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Is Trump Facing Buster This Time?
We do a lot of Trump-bashing on this site, but we have to give the man the respect he has earned in one context: Republican primary elections. Donald Trump has no chance of winning the general...
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