by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 10, 2025 | Journal
Donald Trump is finally getting the one thing he’s always wanted for his birthday—a military parade, with tanks and troops and all the bells and ballistic whistles. June 14. Not only is it Flag Day, but it’s also Trump’s birthday, which is fitting because the...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 9, 2025 | Journal
Well now. We’ve officially reached the part of the movie where the script runs off the rails, the hero starts speaking in riddles, and the economy clutches its chest and reaches for the aspirin. The week began with President Trump pulling out his big, shiny tariff...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 8, 2025 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
I didn’t start out swinging. I started out writing obits. Back at The Daily Californian, my job was to memorialize strangers with brevity and dignity. No politics. No heat. Just names, dates, and silence. That’s how I learned to write—by confronting the end of stories...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 7, 2025 | Journal
I didn’t launch Cubillos.com because I needed a hobby. I launched it because I couldn’t stay quiet anymore. When you’ve spent decades in newsrooms, city halls, barrios, military bases, and aboard Navy ships, you learn to recognize the sound of...
