Author Archive: Mo Rocca

I’m dropping out, too. Dropping out of Fanatical Apathy. I know it’s not such a surprise. I guess I haven’t been the best blogger in the world. Coming and going willy-nilly.
You’ve been good to me and, believe it or not, I’ve appreciated all your comments. None of my non-cyber friends […]

By now everyone in America knows that Nancy Pelosi isn’t actually an anti-establishment radical San Francisco anarchist. Married to the same man for 43 years, she’s the mother of five, grandmother of twenty-two, she’s told the press. To make the point further, she’s added Italian-American, Baltimore, and Catholic to her list of self-identifiers.
I’m […]

Here I am with the new Juan Valdez! This picture was taken recently at a gala for Colombians and Colombian-Americans, in association with the Smithsonian Latino Center in DC. Eventually the Latino Center will be its own museum on the mall.
My mother is Colombian. (She became a US citizen about 10 years […]

I’m still out of sorts. It’s been two days and I can’t stop thinking about what happened. I’m angry.
No, fists were not thrown. Still it was a very heated altercation, my first as in adult in a public space. Security had to be called. Appropriately enough it was at a […]

Oprah who? America’s book readers - and that doesn’t include the people who crowd Barnes and Nobles for cat calendars or books by Rachael Ray - have been bowled over by the Southern Hemisphere’s newest and brainiest Papi Chulo.
Equal parts Fidel Castro and Don Francisco, this Diablo doesn’t need to wear Prada. (Actually […]

JP2 must be spinning in his grave. The former pontiff never would have mucked things up like Benedict has.
At first I was kind of impressed by the German Pope’s comments, especially his denunciation of jihad as holy war. Too many people are too afraid of Islamism and reflexively cry, “Islam is a beautiful […]

This morning I boarded a plane in L.A., with the distinct feeling that the world is falling apart. I spent the next few hours reading through newspapers looking for news to make me feel better.
Now I’m sitting at O’Hare on a layover, my back turned defiantly to Wolf Blitzer’s Situation Room, and I’m here […]

So many of the world’s problems could be solved if there existed some sort of geopolitical Craig’s List. This came up yesterday: Kim Jong Il is frustrated right now. We know he wants nuclear weapons. We can’t let him have them. But that’s not the end of story. We know […]

No one is laughing at North Korea’s launch of at least six ballistic missiles yesterday – except of course America’s 13 year old boys who this morning can’t stop snickering over Kim Jong Il’s limp and failing Taepodong. (You can bet that the few starving North Koreans who aren’t brainwashed are muttering the same […]

One of the benefits of not having to go to an office is being able to watch great television moments – like yesterday’s takedown of Star Jones by Barbara Walters – live in the comfort of my apartment. I was on the phone with Fedex trying to track a lost package and watching ABC […]