VIVISECTION: The Horror Continues By Dr. Lorin Swinehart “Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That is the problem.” —Winnie-the-Pooh Long ago, in the 1970’s, CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite reported the US military’s plans to use beagle hound puppies as guinea pigs in nerve gas experiments, a plan that sparked outrage among […]
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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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Ballet School By Anita Lee Behind the Auditorio de la Ribera in La Floresta, there is a second building that most people do not know exists. This building houses a music rehearsal room on the ground floor with a dance studio above. The dance studio has become home to the School of Ballet and
Green City In The Sun By Sally Asante The usual snarl of traffic was today almost belligerent. Drivers blasted horns, shouted profanities, and gestured rudely from open windows as the logjam of cars snaked its way through the verdant neighborhoods overrun with pedestrians. Max checked his watch, his frustration mounting. Ten days earlier, his
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A Lady’s Edge By Rico Wallace He dipped a strawberry in the whipped cream and put it to her lips. “You poor fool,” Lucia said. “I told you I would murder to keep my freedom.” High up on the side of the mountain the dining patio was laid out on the ledge of a
TRANSFORMATION: A Dance Short Story by Rob Mohr We reached cruising altitude, when, seated in my refuge-window seat, I was focused on the fields and forest as they peeked through surrounding cumulus clouds that formed the front edge of an approaching hurricane. Each glimpse revealed land and foliage painted with variable shades of gold
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“Get The Point” By Ron Knight The velvet curtains open to spot light a well lit wood planed floor, white oak glazed in a golden pecan finish, with a central high podium centered just stage right, its iridescent lime green paint job screaming of a carnival bark show. A bench of panel guests sits
Mexican Maze By Iris Slocombe Time and motion study or ‘making the most of our time’ Early in our training at Main Base on the much smaller Santa Cruz river, and now at Advanced Base on the mighty Rio Jatate the need to occupy our time in the most profitable manner was stressed
Calling All Playwrights & Aspiring Playwrights By Mark Boyer I am excited to join the esteemed team of presenters for the 14th annual Lake Chapala Writers Conference on March 6-8, 2019. The focus of this conference is on Storytelling, and I have been invited to present a session on playwriting. Since playwriting is a huge lifelong topic,
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And I Never Saw Him Again By Kenneth Hunt One day – it must have been a Friday – the Old Man comes home from work driving a jeep. A jeep! How cool is that! We didn’t have a car. He took me for a ride! He says it belongs to a friend at
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