by Hector De Leon | May 19, 2014 | Featured 1
Lessons That Outlive a Professor_HoustonChronicle_7-23-2006 (This essay has been edited since it appeared in the Houston Chronicle Editorials on July 21, 2006.) My favorite professor died in 2006. His name was Ross Lence. He taught political theory at the University...
by Hector De Leon | May 19, 2014 | Featured 1
When I lost my father, I was terribly shaken. I felt that a part of me had perished. I felt very vulnerable and very mortal. My sense of security vanished because the shield between me and all my fears was gone. It felt like I was five years old again and I was lost...
by Hector De Leon | May 19, 2014 | Educational Speeches
Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. I am very appreciative for the invitation. I am honored to be here but a bit apprehensive about speaking. You see every time I am asked to speak to teenagers I think about my years as a teen. And I think about the...
by Hector De Leon | May 19, 2014 | Other Perspectives
In the midst of the historic 2008 Presidential Election, an article about the surge in “Multiracial Americans” and their quest for understanding appeared on the website of a major news organization. The story was about Americans whose origins are of mixed...
by Hector De Leon | May 19, 2014 | Perspectives On Politics
THE United States Census Bureau’s latest population estimates show that Latinos comprise 39.3 percent of the population of Harris County. In spite of the fact that Latinos are now the county’s largest population group, they only constitute 15 percent of...
