What does it mean to be “Hispanic”?

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 29th at 10:54 PM  | 

What does it mean to be “Hispanic” these days? Apparently the Portugese Supreme Court Justice Bejamin Cardozo is not hispanic, but Sotomayor, who descends from Puerto Rico, an American Colony, is. Are Brazilians hispanic? Doesn’t seem like it, despite Brazilians being Portuguese and Portugal being on the Iberian Peninsula — which in Roman times was “Hispania”. Miguel Estrada somehow was an insult to hispanicdom and | Read More »

Had He Chosen Differently, John Cornyn Could Be Leading Now

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 28th at 03:11 PM  | 

Senator John Cornyn has been on the receiving end of a lot of punches lately over the NRSC’s decision to endorse Charlie Crist over Marco Rubio in the Florida Senate race. A lot of it is fair criticism, especially considering only days before he endorsed Crist, Senator Cornyn said the NRSC would stay neutral. Not all of the criticism is fair, however. I would crawl | Read More »