About Ruben Navarrette

Ruben Navarrette

Ruben Navarrette is a nationally syndicated columnist, writer of the Navarrette Nation newsletter at Substack, regular contributor to Spectrum News 1 in Los Angeles, contributor to The Daily Beast (on the left) and Newsmax Magazine (on the right), feature writer for Latino Magazine, member of USA Today’s Board of Contributors, host of the podcast “Ruben In The Center,” regular contributor of video commentary to Omaha-based Straight Arrow News, author of “A Darker Shade of Crimson: Odyssey of a Harvard Chicano” (Bantam), founder & CEO of “The Navarrette Sonic Podcast Network,” and communications coach specializing in personal brand development and the creation of media projects for individuals, companies and nonprofit organizations.

A Little Government Shutdown Now and Then Is a Good Thing Oct 02, 2025

SAN DIEGO — Republicans are pushing two conflicting narratives at once, and the double talk has them flummoxed and tongue-tied. The first narrative is that Democrats are weak, ineffective, out of touch and totally irrelevant to the politics o... Read More

Never Mind Politics -- It's Time To Talk About Religious Violence Sep 30, 2025

SAN DIEGO — Americans have talked a lot lately about the ugly phenomenon of political violence. As well we should; people should not feel unsafe because of what they believe. Nevertheless, now we need to pivot and confront something we don't w... Read More

Of Course ICE Is the Target of Political Violence. It Became Political. Sep 25, 2025

SAN DIEGO — When I heard that a sniper had opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas, I was disheartened and concerned. But I wasn't the least bit surprised. The agency has been drawing a lot of attention to itse... Read More

What Happened to Jimmy Kimmel Is No Joke Sep 23, 2025

SAN DIEGO — President Donald Trump is notorious for falling to pieces over small things. But oddly, his petty rants sometimes touch on big topics. The trouble is that the noise caused by the small often drowns out the substance of the big. Th... Read More

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