Opinion: In today’s pages
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Contributing editor Gustavo Arellano predicts that today’s immigration rallies won’t be as big as last year’s:
Anti-immigrant types are already disparaging Latinos for failing to deliver political substance and resorting again to spectacle. Rally organizers, meanwhile, claim that any reduced participation is caused by — take your pick — fear because of the recent migra raids on businesses, the lack of a boogeyman a la Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.) and his infamous HR 4437, or the impossibility of replicating a once-in-a-lifetime event. But all sides have it wrong. The reason Latinos won’t come out in full force this time around is because there’s no need. La lucha — the struggle — is almost over. Marches are as indispensable right now as Alberto R. Gonzales.
Former congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman argues that Gonzales is in fact indispensable, because without him Bush would face grueling confirmation hearings and investigations. Daniel Sokatch and David N. Myers take on American Jewish groups for not saying ‘never again’ to the Armenian genocide, while columnist Jonah Goldberg takes a look at former CIA director George Tenet’s memoir.
The editorial board tries to debunk myths about immigration, asks LAUSD to start paying its teachers, and proclaims that Guantanamo Bay is still a ‘legal black hole’.
Letter writers chime in on immigration too, particularly The Times’ story of a broken family. Roger Nicholson of Irvine is particularly displeased with the coverage: ‘You publish a sympathy piece, above the front-page fold, flagrantly selling your pro-illegal-immigrant viewpoint.’