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Special Best-Of EdicionDear Readers,My muchos apologies for this Best-Of edition—I'm still in
Special Best-Of EdicionDear Readers,My muchos apologies for this...
By Gustavo Arellano • January 8, 2013 12:00 am

Special Best-Of EdicionDear Readers,My muchos apologies for this Best-Of edition—I’m still in the rancho getting faded on the Herradura and…

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Ask a Mexican!
Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • January 2, 2013 12:00 am

Dear Mexican, What is it about Mexicans and collecting old cars? I have three Mexican neighbors with middle-class incomes but…

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Ask a Mexican!
Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • December 21, 2012 12:00 am

SPECIAL YEAR-END EDITIONDear Mexican, Longtime reader, first-time writer. I need some advice. My wife (who’s a half-Mexican L.A. native, just…

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Ask a Mexican!
Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • December 18, 2012 12:00 am

SPECIAL NAVIDAD EDITIONDear Mexican, Many of my friends think I’m loco for playing with my dad the way I do….

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Ask a Mexican!
Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • December 11, 2012 12:00 am

Dear Readers, Behold your favorite Mexican’s annual Christmas gift guide, where I give shout-outs to some of my favorite books…

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Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • December 4, 2012 12:00 am

SPECIAL POCHO EDITIONDear Mexican, Why is it that many Mexican women hate on me for having an Asian (Korean to…

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Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • November 27, 2012 12:00 am

Dear Mexican, In President Bush’s State of the Union address, he reiterated a need for a guest-worker program. What is…

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Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • November 20, 2012 12:00 am

Dear Mexican, I have a problem I need your advice on. My granddaughters were born and raised in Georgia, as…

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Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • October 30, 2012 12:00 am

Dear Mexican, After a year in Spain, I speak more-than-decent Spanish, and I want to get a job in the…

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Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • October 23, 2012 12:00 am

Dear Mexican, Why is it that every Mexican I know refuses to eat chocolate? My in-laws drink things I wouldn’t…

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Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • October 16, 2012 12:00 am

Dear Mexican, As a college-educated Mexican-American, I had my fair share of Chicanas in college . . . all of…

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Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • October 9, 2012 12:00 am

Special Best-Of Best-Of EditionDear Readers, The Mexican must take the week off because his home paper is publishing its annual…

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Ask a Mexican!
Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • October 2, 2012 12:00 am

Dear Mexican, Why do so many Chicanos claim to be Aztec?Chicano Stuck in LeavenworthDear Gabacho, You’re right. The beaner love…

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Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • September 25, 2012 12:00 am

Dear Mexican, Hey mojado: Since when do you think it’s OK to fuck up the facts of your wretched culture…

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Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • September 18, 2012 12:00 am

Dear Mexican, Why do gabachos always feel the need to talk about money or trips they have taken? I always…

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Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • September 11, 2012 12:00 am

Dear Mexican, Is it just me, or has what to call our friends from south of the border become a…

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Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • August 21, 2012 12:00 am

DEAR READERS: The Mexican is currently smuggling mescal out of Oaxaca and into hipster bars nationwide, and thus gives you…

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Ask A Mexican!
Ask A Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • August 14, 2012 12:00 am

Dear Readers: The Mexican is currently smuggling mescal out of Oaxaca and into hipster bars nationwide, and thus gives you…

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Ask a Mexican!
Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • August 7, 2012 12:00 am

SPECIAL BEST-OF EDITIONDear Mexican, So often when we see Mexican bands perform in the U.S. and Mexico, the crowd at…

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Ask a Mexican!
Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • July 31, 2012 12:00 am

Dear Mexican, I’m a Mexican-American high-school student, and just as patriotic as the Joneses who live next to me. In…

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Ask a Mexican!
Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • July 24, 2012 12:00 am

Dear Mexican, I know I might sound like a gabacho borracho, but I’m really just a gringo trying to make…

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Ask a Mexican!
Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • July 17, 2012 12:00 am

Dear Mexican, I was wondering about the Spanish going into Mexico and taking the gold and artifacts away from the…

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Ask a Mexican!
Ask a Mexican!
By Gustavo Arellano • July 10, 2012 12:00 am

Dear Mexican, Magdalena has worked for me many years—15, to be exact. She came over as a mojada with her…

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