AI, Surveillance, and Solidarity

December 11, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

During economic strife, authoritarian political systems masquerading as populism rise to protect the power, profits, and privilege of the wealthy ruling class. Power is obtained through conspiracy theories and disinformation and it is maintained through surveillance. We are at the crest of a disinformation apocalypse….

I Was a Refugee Once. I Fear I May Be Again.

December 2, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

Early in my life, I started my journey through this earth as a refugee when my parents fled the rise of an authoritarian regime in their homeland. With just the few possessions they were able to stuff into a suitcase, they arrived in New York…

AI Everlasting Life

November 18, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

What does it mean to be human in an age where, through Artificial Intelligence (AI), we can become a god? An age in which AI competes with Christianity for everlasting life? More importantly, is it even wise to become eternal? Missing from most debates concerning…

Rejecting Jesus

November 5, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

The eurocentric Jesus has brought despair, disenfranchisement, and death to communities of color. For the sake of their own salvation, these communities must reject the genocidal Jesus who destroyed Indigenous peoples who refused to bow to the European white God; the capitalist Jesus who justified…

The Coming AI Havoc

October 8, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

When automobiles replaced the horse and buggy in the early twentieth century, entire industries disappeared—blacksmiths, horse stables, whip makers and carriage manufacturers. You couldn’t give away horses. Still, newer jobs in the automotive industry replaced these careers, contributing to the strengthening of the middle class….

Charlie Kirk and Me

October 1, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

For years, I was in Charlie Kirk’s crosshairs, having the dubious honor of being targeted on his “Professor Watch List.” This experience has been terrorizing—fraught with fear, sleepless nights, and hyper-vigilance. Kirk’s cyberbullying has triggered death threats and vulgar emails detailing the violence I should…

James Dobson and Me

September 16, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

Some mourned upon hearing of the death of James Dobson at 89 last month. Others rejoiced. All I felt was pity for the man and sadness for all the lives he ruined with his iniquitous, toxic theology. His demise reminded me of how he was…

This is Not a “War”: Israel and Hamas by the Numbers

August 14, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

War is typically understood as “a geographically limited armed conflict between two or more sovereign nation states characterized by violence conducted via an armed, organized military force.” Under this definition, what is occurring in Gaza cannot be defined as a “war.” First, a side-by-side comparison…

In Gold We Trust: How Donald Trump Replaced Democracy With Kleptocracy

August 5, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

Before Trump became president, the “Art of the Deal” was littered with failed business ventures and bankruptcies. According to Forbes, before he became a reality television star, Trump’s net worth in 1988 was estimated to be $1 billion. By the following year, his wealth had significantly dropped…

Liberal Lies are as Damaging as MAGA Lies

July 21, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

Lying to save lives is a virtue blessed by God. Think of the two Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah, who lied to the Pharaoh. When the Pharaoh implemented an edict to kill all boys born to the Hebrews, the midwives instead sheltered and saved them….