• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dear Mexican: Like many Americans, I’ve heard about the “Fast and Furious” scandal in which our own ATF was shown to be guilty and corrupt of... | 5/19/2013
• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dear Mexican: Where did the notion of adding an -o to the end of an English word and assuming it makes it a Spanish word come from? | 5/15/2013
• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dear Mexican: Why is it that people from Chihuahua and Monterrey are such jackasses? They come from pinches ranchitos and talk about... | 5/5/2013
• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dear Mexican: What do we need to do to make the güeros understand that we come in peace as Mexicans and that we are from this great American... | 5/1/2013
• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dear Mexican: I have always liked ranchera music. As of late, I have wanted to get deeper into it as far as the history, the culture and especially the songs and lyrics.h | 4/24/2013
• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dear Mexican: What do we need to do to make the güeros understand that we come in peace as Mexicans and that we are from this great... | 4/17/2013
• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dear Mexican: We’re in state testing this week at the high school I teach at. After the students finish a section, they can only sit and read or just sit. | 4/10/2013
• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dear Mexican: Please explain to me why so many mexicanas seem to think it more important to stay home and babysit than to attend school (so that they may become... | 4/3/2013
• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dear Mexican: About six years ago, my wife and I adopted a little baby boy. He is “pure” mestizo and we are complete wabs. I’m a little dark because of my... | 3/27/2013
• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dear Mexican: I'm living in Mexico part of the year. I'm learning Spanish but can't say I understand or speak well. I read several books about... | 3/20/2013
• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dear Mexican: I would be most interested in hearing your point of view regarding our raza always voting for someone with a Latino last name, without even considering... | 3/13/2013
• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dear Readers: The Mexican is currently dealing with deportation issues but will return next week once he builds his 15-foot escalera to... | 3/6/2013
• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dear Mexican: In the past, you have defended illegal immigrants by arguing that they (paraphrasing one of your previous columns) will do the... | 2/20/2013
• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dear Mexican: I'm 39. My stepdad — who raised me — just died. This freed my mother to tell me (stepdad always forbade it) that the man I thought was my... | 2/13/2013
• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dear Mexican: The pinche Republicans are making a gigante ruido about their “Hispanic” senators in Congress. Wáchale! Lets call a pendejo a pendejo. Please discuss... | 2/6/2013
• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dear Mexican: Grammar question/rant. If Spanglish is a legitimate dialect/language, why do you feel the need to italicize every instance of... | 1/30/2013
• ¡Ask A Mexican! Dear Mexican: In 1983 or 1984, I was walking home from work down Haight Street in San Francisco one evening and stopped into Watusi Records to look through... | 1/23/2013
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Can you please tell me something? How do you think it’s fair that all the people that come to our country and stay get treated far better than... | 1/16/2013
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: What is it about Mexicans and collecting old cars? I have three Mexican neighbors with middle-class incomes but in each case... | 1/9/2013
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Readers: My muchos apologies for this Best Of edition —I'm still in the rancho getting faded on the Herradura and stuffed with tamales, pozole... | 1/2/2013
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Many of my friends think I'm loco for playing with my dad the way I do. See, mi padre is now retired and living in Mexico, and is... | 12/19/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Readers: Behold your favorite Mexican's annual Christmas gift guide, where I give shout-outs to some of my favorite books that deserve your money this... | 12/12/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Why is it that many Mexican women hate on me for having an Asian (Korean to be exact) novia? I notice this in a lot of places. | 12/5/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: In President Bush's State of the Union address, he reiterated a need for a guest worker program. What is your opinion of such a program? | 11/28/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I have a problem I need your advice on. My granddaughters were born and raised in Georgia, as was their father. Their knowledge of their culture is... | 11/20/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Lately, I've noticed a few bands, como Voodoo Glow Skulls, have embraced ska music in both at home and in Mexico. I was curious what... | 11/14/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: When are the racial minorities going to give up la causa? We have a black man for el presidente, and as a white middle-aged male... | 11/7/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: After a year in Spain, I speak more-than-decent Spanish, and I want to get a job in the nonprofit field where I can put it to... | 10/31/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Why is it that every Mexican I know refuses to eat chocolate? My in-laws drink things I wouldn't clean my carburetor in. They fill... | 10/24/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: As a college educated Mexican-American, I had my fair share of Chicanas in college…all of which my jefita considered putas with books. | 10/12/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Readers: The Mexican must take the week off because his home paper is publishing its annual Best Of issue — if the devil ever condemns you to... | 10/10/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Why do so many Chicanos claim to be Aztec? — Chicano stuck in leavenworth | 10/3/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Hey mojado, since when do you think it's OK to fuck up the facts of your wretched culture and concentrate on the few who have done something with... | 9/26/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Why do gabachos always feel the need to talk about money or trips they have taken? I always notice this when I am at any restaurant... | 9/19/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Is it just me, or has what to call our friends from south of the border become a  partisan  issue? While taking in both political... | 9/12/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: One of your readers wrote a question about “DREAMers,” and I have a thought on the subject. This is not a criticism, although I have a... | 9/5/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: What is the reason for the colors of the Mexican flag? Is there any razón it resembles the Italian flag, minus the águila y serpent? | 8/29/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I was in a taco shop in the bathroom stall and saw your racist dribble in La Prensa San Diego (the paper was being used as ass wipe... | 8/22/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Readers: The Mexican is currently smuggling mescal out of Oaxaca and into hipster bars nationwide, and thus gives you two oldies-but-goodies. | 8/15/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: So often when we see Mexican bands perform in the U.S. and Mexico, the crowd at some point starts chanting "¡Cu-le-ro!" ("Ass-hole!"). | 8/8/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! | 8/1/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I know I might sound like a gabacho borracho, but I'm really just a gringo trying to make progress towards getting work legally in Mexico, a side of the immigration debate we... | 7/25/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I was wondering about the Spanish going into Mexico and taking the gold and artifacts away from the Indians. Could the Mexican... | 7/18/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Magdalena has worked for me many years — 15, to be exact. She came over as a mojada with her two little girls when they were four and six. The girls went to... | 7/11/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Suppose the United States government and the American public were as progressive and conscious of our country's true self-interest as are, for example, many... | 7/3/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Barack Hussein Obama, how you dare deprive Mexico of its young, educated people. These illegal aliens in the U.S. are the only hope for Mexico and... | 6/27/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: In anticipation of the upcoming Reconquista, I've decided that I need a Mexican girlfriend. I feel this will help me fit in better with our new Mexican overlords. | 6/20/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I'm in this country illegally, but I have a current passport from the country I am from, and I have an international drivers license. I could not... | 6/13/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I work construction here in Texas. The mojados at work call me "Chicano" (which really angers me) to make fun of me, and I reply to them by saying... | 6/6/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Why can't the United States and Mexico agree on one name for the Rio Bravo-Grande river? And I don't understand why the Americans lo dice in español? | 5/30/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I was wondering why Mexicans in Chicago are meaner than Mexicans in California? I love my Mexican brothers and sisters in California... | 5/23/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! I usually don't allow anyone to hijack this columna, but an exception must be made for California State Assembly Member Gil Cedillo. | 5/16/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I'm getting sick and tired of all these dirty, stupid Mexicans running around. The first part is easy: As Mr. Dicks says in David Copperfield, when asked what to... | 5/9/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I am a 20-year-old tall, slender, blonde Jewish Russian-American. He is a 24-year-old, short muscular Mexican. At face value, you would never... | 5/2/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: How come there are a bunch of fair-skinned European-looking guys running Mexico? When I am in Mexico, I see them having power lunches in... | 4/25/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Why do Mexicans with lowriders have murals on their hoods and trunks/tailgates? And how come they always have waterfalls and half-naked chicks as part of the mural? | 4/18/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Why do Hispanics deny that George Zimmerman is Hispanic? He did nothing wrong and has been crucified in the media — La Raza cannot bow down to the... | 4/11/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Readers: Talk about a lazy Mexican—nearly four years after promising ustedes that I was going to write a book about the history of Mexican food in the United States, my... | 4/4/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Stop using Spanish in your column. I like reading your column, but when every other word is in Spanish, I don't know what the hell is going on. | 3/28/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I was born in los estados unidos, my father Tamaulipas, and my mother is a third-generation Chicana. Being married to a mexicano, we recently vacationed in his hometown of Apatzingán, Michoacán. | 3/21/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I work for a major news organization and often have heard the figure of 10 million illegal Mexicans. Unofficially, I have been quoted the number 20 to 25 million illegals... | 3/14/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I'm so perplexed by my Mexican neighbor. For one, he already has four girls, and I just saw his wife — and looks like she's pregnant AGAIN! What really bothers me is... | 3/7/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Aunqué soy Boricua, mi corazón está al lado del pueblo mejicano, aquí en Arizona. ¿Porqué no hablas contra "La Bruja Mala del Oeste" Gobernadora Jan Brewer... | 2/29/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I've tried and failed to learn the Spanish language for the last two years. During high school and college, I took both Spanish I and Spanish II, but... | 2/22/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: This question was inspired by the recent video you did on the Republicanos and the Latina/o vote. What's your opinion of Cuban-American and Tea Party cariñito Marco Rubio? | 2/15/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: My family for six generations have been born and raised in Brownsville, Texas. Everyone speaks Spanish most of the time. Right now, almost every Republican in the state is... | 2/8/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: My cousin had put a picture on Facebook that said, "I will not be forced to learn a foreign language to accommodate illegals in my country." | 2/1/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: It’s so sad to see your wimpy answers. Your replies scream self-hatred and self-shame for your raza. You’re pathetic! No plan or desire to fix Mexico’s problems. You’re a puto with... | 1/25/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Readers: I usually save reruns of my columna for when I have to smuggle in the latest cousin from the rancho, but the ascendancy of Republic presidential candidate Mitt Romney... | 1/18/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: How come Mexicans don't perform in the Winter Olympics? What — no talent? Or are Mexicans afraid of snow? I'm thinking both. | 1/11/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: In my hometown of Playa Larga (Long Beach, California), natives refer to a major avenida in our villa, Junipero Avenue as Juan-a-pear-o. | 1/4/2012
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Special best-of edición | 12/28/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Special Christmas gift edición | 12/21/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: This is the second rant I’ve felt I had to send to you. I don’t know if readers are allowed “seconds” but here it goes: Much has been said about the... | 12/14/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I read in your book that Mexico is due for a revolution about every 100 years or so. The last one was in the first part of the 20th century and you said they are about ready for another one. | 12/7/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Special Mexicans are Racist Edición | 11/30/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! | 11/22/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Why is Mexico such a dump? | 11/16/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I am an Anglo intruder in New Mexico. When I moved to Albuquerque from Virginia, I fell in love with Mexican culture. I was impressed at what I called "Southwestern hospitality." | 11/9/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: These days, using the word "nigger" is considered so offensive that, in its place, we now use the term "n-word." | 11/2/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: There's something I'm concerned about, or bothered by. I was born and raised in Mexico, but I've been here for eight years. | 10/26/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: Really? You answered "When Should You Use Usted Instead of Tú?" recently over my "Why Won't My Gardener Fuck Me Again If I Demand an HIV Test?" | 10/19/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Readers: The Mexican doesn't want to take this week off, but has to because it's his mother periódico's Best Of issue and the Mexican is tasked with eating a thousand tacos in the search for the best one in Orange. | 10/12/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I learned Spanish in school as a teen. Then, it seems, because I was young, everybody was an usted. | 10/5/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I am a half-breed, as they say (Mexican father, Anglo mother), and recently I’ve been reading a lot about the drug violence in Mexico. | 9/21/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! ¡ASK A MEXICAN! | 9/14/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I’m a young white dude who drives to work everyday | 9/7/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: I see a lot of vatos around wearing the clam digger pants with the knee-high white socks and white sneakers. | 8/31/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Special Comida Edition | 8/24/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Readers: Your faithful Mexican is putting the final touches on his coming magnum opus, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America | 8/17/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Here is my problem: I was raised in a typical gabacho family. | 8/10/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: A few years back when I was in high school... | 8/3/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: A few years ago, my girlfriend and I visited the beautiful city of Mérida in the Yucatan. We were surprised to see a sentence in our guidebook warning us to be on the lookout for Mennonites pedaling queso in the mercado. Sure enough, we bumped | 7/27/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! | 7/20/2011
• Ask a Mexican! Dear Mexican: Say the immigrant makes a few bucks and goes back to his/her hometown. Think they’ll put up with the shit that prompted them to move in the first place? (How ya’ gonna keep them down on the farm … ). Putting the Red into Redneck Dear Gabac | 7/13/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Special Soccer Edición | 7/6/2011
• Ask a Mexican Dear Mexican: Just suppose that all of the southwestern United States had remained in Mexican hands. Would the Mexicans have done any better with it than they have with the present confines of Mexico? — Reversible Reconquista? Dear Gabacho: The gran | 6/29/2011
• Ask a Mexican! MUY CALIENTE SUMMER EDITION Dear Mexican: I’m wondering how Mexicans feel about the communities of American expats springing up all over Mexico (especially those who live near or in these communities). Also, are there places in Mexico where it doesn’t | 6/22/2011
• Ask a Mexican! Dear Mexican: There are many who give lip service to border security. You may or may not be one of them. You may be an open-borders advocate. But for the moment, put on your secure-borders hat and tell us how you would secure the borders if your job depende | 6/8/2011
• ¡ASK A MEXICAN! featuring a question from a San Antonio reader Dear Mexican: I’m new to the San Antonio area and am enjoying exploring the many wonderful aspects of its history and culture. One thing has become incredibly bothersome to me, though: the plight of pet overpopulation | 6/1/2011

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