Breach Birth Of The Second Amendment By Ed Tasca How could America’s brilliant Founding Fathers, products of the Enlightenment, men of learning and culture, country gentlemen, sages and scientists, have so casually conceived a declaration as broad and unqualified as the 2nd Amendment to America’s admired and often emulated federal constitution, a declaration giving
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WHEN THEY GO LOW…we go to political comic Will Durst By Ed Tasca Will Durst Who doesn’t like a good political satire, especially these days, when millions of dazed North Americans are actually part of the satire and don’t know it. Will Durst, acclaimed comedian, has been ragging politics, “left and right” for decades
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Life Begins With An Open Heart By Ed Tasca Our ageless vocal superstar, Mac Morrison, was a man who by every account sung with his heart. And ironically, recently, he underwent emergency open heart surgery. He was originally scheduled for an angioplasty and stents but the medical professionals realized his heart condition was far
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Three Score… And More By Ed Tasca Just about every retiree here in Ajijic knows what it’s like to hit sixty. It’s the milestone. And it’s like walking into that milestone. It hurts. For some, it feels like the first gentle transformative step into the hereafter. And so every time they get heartburn, it’s
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If A Giant Retailer Ran The Banks… By Ed Tasca Despite the current economic downturn, banks, it appears, are flush with profits, even Mexican banks. Largely, this has been accomplished in several ways, efficiency of operation, creating new markets and sucking in surprised passersby with the fastest-opening automatic doors. The problem with bank efficiency
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MILITARY INSURANCE—It’s time! By Ed Tasca Military and security systems of any kind are socialist. Because they are controlled by the government and represent the will of the collective. And in the event that a loosely-threaded administration got into power and is pissing everybody off, maybe that government’s giving me, personally, a bad name.
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WRITERS REJECTIONS: Egging the Window to Their Souls By Ed Tasca Come on, read this. Just keep reading. That’s it, go ahead, keep reading. That’s it… good. It is this text in any magazine that makes up its marrow, its essential content, something good writers spend hours sweating out just for you. So
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THE AJIJIC VORTEX – Its Most Astounding Attraction By Ed Tasca There’s a miracle vortex (derived from the Tracian word meaning, “What the hell is that?”) in Sedona, Arizona, a marvel of health-giving geography that has become a sacred destination boasting magical powers, which defy rational explanation. Ajijic has such a place, too. It’s
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A Short History Of Nut And Seed Trends By Ed Tasca Remember “seedless.” Growers and farmers worked for decades to breed out seeds from oranges, tangerines, grapefruit, grapes and watermelons, a humiliating thing to do to any living thing. And, of course, years ago nuts were around for one reason only: so you’d crave
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Peso Economics Explained —Or, why my box of Cheerios now costs $130 pesos. By Ed Tasca Why don’t food and other consumer prices ever go down? Everything else goes up and down in value, but not consumer prices. For many seniors, this issue has become an extremely important one. I speak first-hand. Because taking
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