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Linda Chavez

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Linda Chavez is an American author and critic, born on June 17, 1947. Her works cover a range of topics including politics, society, and culture, known for her unique perspective and insightful analysis.

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“Although an increasing proportion of the Hispanic population is foreign-born - about half of adults in this group - English proficiency is and should remain a requirement for citizenship.”

Should Literature Born Half Groups Adults Population Proportion Requirements Citizenship Hispanic Proficiency

Author:Linda Chavez

“Many journalists seem to believe that we have become little different from our enemies.”

Believe Littles Different Seems Literature Enemy Journalist

Author:Linda Chavez

“The United Nations has become a largely irrelevant, if not positively destructive institution, and the just-released U.N. report on the atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, proves the point.”

Ifs Literature Nations United Prove Institutions Reports Destructive Irrelevant United Nations Positively Atrocities Sudan Darfur

Author:Linda Chavez

“Some 3,500 Muslims now serve in the U.S. military. The overwhelming majority of them are loyal Americans who see no conflict between their personal religious duty and service to their country. But there can no place in our military for those persons of any faith who do. America has now seen the horrors of what 'diversity at any cost' can lead to.”

Persons Country America Religious Military Duty Horror Cost Conflict Diversity Majority Overwhelming Loyal

Author:Linda Chavez

“When have handouts ever worked? In the United States, we learned that welfare for our own citizens not only turned into a debilitating crutch, it created a more or less permanent underclass.”

States United United States Citizens Permanent Welfare Crutches Handouts

Author:Linda Chavez

“Tom Walls' buddies remain an isolated minority, except during times of economic or social stress, when a mass following develops to blame cranky sociopaths for the problems besetting society. If it weren't for brown-nosing evil firebrands, he would have no friends. The ideas backing up his rejoinders are extremely superficial and sex-crazed.”

Ifs Ideas Problem Evil Social Sex Economic Wall Mass Stress Blame Following Brown Minorities Isolated Toms Superficial Buddy Sociopath No Friends Cranky Backing Up

Author:Linda Chavez

“The populist zeal to seek revenge on those who make a lot of money is targeted almost exclusively at corporations. I haven't heard outcries about Hollywood actors who make millions per film, even when those movies are a bust at the box office and the talent at issue has none. There's no outrage over athletes like New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez's $33 million salary or Celtic power forward Kevin Garnett's $25 million. Nor should there be. These are exceptionally talented individuals whose teams' owners think they're worth every penny.”

“We have created not a Brave New World, but a vulgar marketplace, where human attributes come with a price tag.”

World Humans Peace Brave Attributes New World Vulgar Marketplace Tag Brave New World Price Tag

Author:Linda Chavez

“The terrorists hide behind Allah.”

Literature Behinds Terrorist

Author:Linda Chavez

“Where journalists have gotten themselves in trouble over the last few decades is that their skepticism often extends only to American officials, the U.S. military and Republican politicians.”

Lasts Trouble Military Politician Republican Decades Journalist Officials Skepticism

Author:Linda Chavez

“The unions claim the deck is stacked against them when it comes to labor laws, but the truth is many private and public sector workers are forced to pay union dues as a condition of their employment, yet they have little say in how the unions spend their money.”

Littles Law Literature Pay Conditions Truth Is Labor Claims Unions Workers Dues Employment Deck Public Sector Labor Laws

Author:Linda Chavez

“Choosing one's leaders is an affirmation that the person making the choice has inherent worth.”

Persons Choices Leader Selfless Inherent Affirmation Choosing One

Author:Linda Chavez

“For generations, even many otherwise decent white Southerners learned to despise black people.”

People Literature Black White Generations Decent Black People Despise Southerner

Author:Linda Chavez

“Britons seem to have given up on assimilating their Muslim population, with many British elites patting themselves on the back for their tolerance and multiculturalism.”

Seems Literature Given Population British Tolerance Elites Multiculturalism Given Up Britons

Author:Linda Chavez

“In fact, the U.S. military has bent over backwards to respect the religious beliefs of some very dangerous fanatics who want to kill us.”

Want Facts Belief Religious Military Dangerous Bent Backwards Fanatics Religious Belief Religious Love

Author:Linda Chavez

“Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that's what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or corporate bureaucrats.”

Government Literature Lines Accepting Sea Supposed To Be Corporate Journalist Officials Skeptical Digging Bureaucrats

Author:Linda Chavez

“From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties.”

Literature Names President Sea Duty Performances Officials

Author:Linda Chavez

“Liberals believe they own the franchise on minorities and can't stand any Hispanic or black who breaks rank.”

Believe Literature Black Break Minorities Hispanic

Author:Linda Chavez

“Less than 8 percent of private sector workers belonged to a union in 2004, and, overall, only 12.5 percent of American workers carry a union card - down from about one-third of workers in labor's heydays in the 1950s.”

Literature Percent Labor Thirds Unions Workers Cards Private Sector American Workers Heyday

Author:Linda Chavez

“Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more.”

Used Natural Female Used To Be Attributes Modesty

Author:Linda Chavez

“Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.”

Government Literature Belief Common Practice Amendments Freedom Of Religion Wording

Author:Linda Chavez

“Some 43 percent of voters in union households voted for President Bush in 2004, according to exit poll data.”

Literature President Percent Unions Data Voters Household Polls President Bush Exit

Author:Linda Chavez

“Back in the day, a pair of tight jeans was enough to earn a girl a bad reputation. Now slutty has gone Main Street.”

Enough Girl Gone Streets Reputation Pairs Jeans Back In The Day Main Street Bad Reputation Tight Jeans

Author:Linda Chavez

“Success is creating something original and lasting-whether it is a company, a work of art, an idea or analysis that influence others, or a happy and productive family.”

Art Ideas Success Company Influence Creating Originals Analysis Productive Lasting Works Of Art Creating Something

Author:Linda Chavez

“The United Nations was founded in the aftermath of World War II, just as the world was beginning to learn the full horrors of history's worst genocide, the Holocaust that consumed 6 million Jews and 3 million others in Europe.”

World War Literature Nations United Millions Worst Horror Europe Jew War Of The Worlds Genocide World War Ii Holocaust World War I United Nations Consumed Aftermath

Author:Linda Chavez

“One of the techniques terrorists employ is to allege torture and mistreatment when they are captured, regardless of whether it is true.”

Technique Terrorist Torture Captured Mistreatment

Author:Linda Chavez

“Since January 2002, when the United States began detaining at Guantanamo Bay enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other fronts in the war on terror, critics have complained of human rights abuses.”

Humans War States Literature United Enemy United States Rights Fronts Abuse Critics Human Rights Iraq Terror Afghanistan Captured January War On Terror Guantanamo Guantanamo Bay Detaining

Author:Linda Chavez

“The U.S. has already suffered a devastating attack on September 11, 2001, and may again become a target.”

May Target September September 11 September 11 2001

Author:Linda Chavez

“Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst of them to engage in unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence.”

Way Humans Looks Literature White Rights Violence Worst Prejudice Human Rights Cruelty Denied Unspeakable Southerner Basic Human Rights

Author:Linda Chavez

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Born: June 17, 1947
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