Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez JAMES HILTON—The Man with the Magic James Hilton Some months ago, this column rendered an opinion as to what was the best novel ever written. Our choice was Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables, and we hope we provided enough empirical evidence to support such a selection. This month’s column is far
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez A Mexican Christmas Story There’s a joke Mexicans like to tell on themselves. It seems that when God was putting together their country, He invited several prestigious people from other lands to watch the process. Almost immediately, they commenced to complain. “Dear Lord, no disrespect intended, but is it
Editor’s Page – December 2018 Read More »
Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Reform Or Wither Away Several years ago, this column reviewed the international best-selling book, In God’s Name, which was written by a New York Times journalist by the name of Philip Yallop. The book had to do with Yallop’s investigation into the death of Pope John Paul I, who died
Editor’s Page – November 2018 Read More »
Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez About Canada and Canadians “When in the hell is that magazine gonna start printing the goddamned truth about the Canadians down here at Lakeside?!” That was the opening line of a rather nauseating encounter I had with an obviously intoxicated man I met many years ago at a Lakeside
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez RONALD REAGAN— Actor!? There are those who disagree with just about everything that was ever said by Ronald Reagan, the politician—and it has been fashionable for them to likewise rudely dismiss the President Reagan’s long career in the entertainment industry. But with what follows, we’ll try to make a
Editor’s Page – September 2018 Read More »
Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez There is something rotten in Helsinki Borrowing from Shakespeare’s Hamlet (who and what better to cadge from?), the reviews are in regarding President Trump’s recent performance in Moscow and they are devastating, many coming from members of his own political party, to wit: Sen. John McCain, (R): “No American
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez The Genesis Of An Historical Novel I imagine that almost everyone who has had a book published has been asked what the initial inspiration for the book had been. Not an easy question to answer, as many books subconsciously gestate for years before blooming forth into a palpable notion. Of
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Remembering my “Jewish” Mexican Mother Often when I hear Jewish friends reminiscing about the funny foibles of their dearly-departed mothers, I squelch an inclination to boast that my own mother was perhaps the most unusual “Jewish” mother ever—mainly because she wasn’t Jewish, at all. (*See Note) My mother was
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Ajijic—The Movie! Prior to settling here in 1987, I had spent the previous 25 years laboring in the vineyards of the American film industry. Hollywood was then (and still is) famous for its colorful characters. However, as I already knew, Hollyweird (as it is called by some blue-nosed observers) had
Editor’s Page – April 2018 Read More »
Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Trump’s Most Dangerous Mistake Donald Trump Robert Mueller The charges now pending against President Trump and many of his closest associates by Special Counsel Robert Mueller involve Collusion with a Hostile Power, Lying under Oath, Obstructing Justice, and Money Laudering. The matter of Trump and/or his representatives colluding with
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