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Our Chavez (Not Cesar).(Book Review)
An Unlikely Conservative: The Transformation of an Ex-Liberal (Or How I Became the Most Hated Hispanic in America), by Linda Chavez (Basic, 262 pp., $26)
The high point of Linda Chavez's career came when George W. Bush asked her to be labor secretary; the low point came when she was forced to withdraw. Did something good come out of this rotten experience? Yes, this memoir, this autobiography, that Chavez has now written. It is a brilliant, provocative, and moving book, a blend of the personal-often very personal- and the political. Chavez has led a rich, remarkable life; she has thought about it well; and she expresses what she has concluded from it beautifully. ...
- First blood; Linda Chavez fails the test.(what does Linda Chavez's decision to...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) January 13, 2001 700+ words
...someone to Borking. On January 9th Linda Chavez, George Bush's nominee for the...expected fierce opposition to Ms Chavez from trade union and minority groups...revelation on January 7th that Ms Chavez had allowed an illegal immigrant...
- Critics of Linda Chavez Have Their Own Problems; AFL-CIO President Sweeney was...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 9, 2001 700+ words
...statement regarding the nomination of Linda Chavez for Secretary of Labor: "AFL-CIO President John Sweeney says Linda Chavez is 'unfit' to be Labor Secretary...who is he to be casting stones at Linda Chavez?" "After all, Sweeney double...
- The Chavez Debacle: A personal account.(onetime Secretary of Labor appointee...
- Magazine article from: National Review Miller, John J. February 5, 2001 700+ words
Linda Chavez called me at home a little before midnight...the resulting confusion so great, that Chavez came to believe she had no choice but...charity. There was never a doubt that Linda Chavez's confirmation would be rocky. She...
- Chavez's charity.(Linda Chavez)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter MARTINEZ, Demetria January 19, 2001 700+ words
...an act of charity. If you're Linda Chavez in particular, pal of president...Tucson sanctuary workers. Based in Chavez's hometown of Albuquerque, N...away must break God's heart. Linda Chavez, when will you speak up for these...
- On the Right - The Demolition Of Linda Chavez.(Brief Article)(Column)
- Magazine article from: National Review Buckley, William F., Jr. February 5, 2001 700+ words
...dispatched by the losers to suck Linda Chavez into oblivion. There would be...them who didn't know it, that Linda Chavez is a formidable woman: brainy...bilingual schooling in California. Linda Chavez is an adornment on the American...
- ANALYSIS: Is Linda Chavez not Hispanic enough?
- News wire article from: United Press International January 5, 2001 700+ words
...Is the conservative intellectual Linda Chavez, George W. Bush's controversial...lost New Mexico in 1848. Since Chavez's mother is part Irish and part...speaks about as much Spanish as Linda Chavez, this hasn't stopped her Spanish...
- Political leaders edition and Linda Chavez-Thompson.(Editor's Note)
- Magazine article from: Latino Leaders December 1, 2003 700+ words
...details of former Clinton Labor Secretary nominee, Linda Chavez, with Linda Chavez-Thompson, Executive Vice President of the AFL...highest-ranking woman, to whom we pay tribute: Linda Chavez-Thompson. She rose from the organizing ranks...
- Linda Chavez: industry's White House link.
- Magazine article from: Daily News Record Ostroff, Jim July 10, 1985 700+ words
...savvy is required on Capitol Hill, Linda Chavez makes the sales pitch to the nation...Office of Public Liaison (OPL), Chavez orchestrated the briefing on tax...opportunity to meet him," says Chavez, 38, the highest-ranking woman...
