Tag: kenneth todd ruiz columns

That’s right, it’s time for the year end wrap up. My final opportunity as editor in chief to subject our readership to, well, whatever I want.

Brutality and horror dominate the headlines. Discussions of murder, torture and decapitation replace water cooler small talk. At stake is what this all means for us as Americans.

This is an important time of the year for me. Most every man will tell you their mother is the best in the world.

I would like to settle something. For the record, once and for all. I do not work for the CIA, nor am I an NSA spook. Wherever I travel some people either openly accuse or quietly imply this of me. I just happen to speak some Arabic and think hanging out in places like Afghanistan or Pakistan is “fun.”

With the passing of another academic year, another commencement of the University of La Verne’s senior class is upon us.

Every night, my neighborhood is embroiled in gang violence. Starting at about midnight, shrieks of rage and cries of combat echo throughout my apartment complex.