by Isaac Cubillos | May 18, 2025 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
I’ve walked the decks of the Cuauhtémoc while reporting for a newspaper. I’ve stood on her planks, leaned against the rail, and watched her crew—Mexican Navy cadets in pressed whites—handle her lines with precision and pride. She’s more than a ship. She’s a symbol. A...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 12, 2025 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
Last week in Palm City, Florida, the Florida Highway Patrol and ICE staged a show of force at a gated community like they were raiding a drug lord’s mansion. Their targets? Landscaping trucks. Their crime? Apparently, looking too brown in the wrong ZIP code. One of...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 5, 2025 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
Today is Cinco de Mayo—a day when America orders nachos, sips tequila, and shouts “¡Salud!” in the name of Mexican pride. There’s nothing wrong with celebration. But what exactly are we celebrating? Because while restaurants sling margaritas and marketers...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 4, 2025 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
I read Age Wave back in the ’70s. Ken Dychtwald’s book wasn’t just about aging—it was about what happens when an entire generation, the Boomers, crests like a wave and crashes onto the shores of society, changing everything in its path. I’m part of that wave. And ever...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 17, 2025 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
There’s a dangerous echo rolling through the immigration debate again—and this time it’s dressed up like progress. President Donald Trump has floated a proposal that sounds suspiciously familiar: Allow undocumented immigrants to return to work only after they leave...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 16, 2025 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
There’s a line we used to believe no one would cross. A line etched in moral clarity: You don’t come for the children. But that line’s been blurred. And now, it’s being crossed—in broad daylight. Last week, agents presumed to be from Homeland Security walked into two...
