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Editor’s Page Guest Editorial by Victoria Schmidt For more editorials, visit: http://thedarksideofthedream.com An Open Letter to Donald Trump   Mr. Trump:  I’d like to give you some input, although, from my own observations, you don’t take to well to suggestions. First of all, I’d like you to know that there is a big difference between

Sky High By Chuck Pattinian   Cerro Garcia, the dormant volcano across from Ajijic, has taunted me for 17 years to get off the couch and visit. Over those years I’ve developed a defense why I shouldn’t. Hikers have said it is a long, dangerous and exhausting climb. Others have said that strange cooking goes

Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Venice’s Piazza San Marco     Anchored by its iconic Basilica and campanile, the Piazza San Marco – St. Mark’s Square – is as essential a part of Venice’s identity as its canals. Its main entrance is the Piazetta corridor adjacent to the Doge’s Palace that connects it to the Grand

MARK SCONCE: Poet And Prince Among Men By Margaret Ann Porter   Last month, we explored the passion Lakeside resident Mark Sconce holds for the Russian literary genius Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. Here, we look at the influences in Mark’s youth: Mark’s mother was descended from Hungarian peasant stock, which he says accounts for the gypsy

Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com What Happened to Secular Values?   I am a baseball fan. Since September 11, it seems as though at every major league baseball game, during the seventh inning stretch, “God Bless America” is played instead of the traditional “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” At first, I got it.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Movie Review by W. L. Mesusan   In 1947, director John Huston brings his stars, Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, and father, Walter Huston, down to Mexico to shoot a film about three American misfits who mine and lose a fortune in gold. He already has an inkling he’s creating