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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez For more editorials, visit:http://thedarksideofthedream.com A Sage for All Seasons   In our January issue, we published a fine Guest Editorial by John Dallas Hicks about the importance of what John called “pathfinders.” Almost all of us can point to people who helped us somewhere along the way. Some served as

H.L.MENCKEN— Writer Provocateurencken By Mark Sconce   “We must respect the other fellow’s religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.” H.L. makes me laugh out loud.  Not a chuckle, mind you, but a full-throated shout of recognition as

History Mystery           Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.Both wives lost their children while living in the White House. Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.Both Presidents were shot in the

Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Milan to Verona by Autostrada   My one earlier visit to Italy was on a cruise that left only cravings for more of what was still unseen in the heartland of Northern Italy. The plan for this trip is to drive the countryside within a triangle loosely anchored by Milan,

Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com Should Happiness Really Be Our Goal?   Thomas Jefferson famously claimed in the Declaration of Independence that the goals for the people living in the American Colonies in 1776 should be “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”  The pursuit of happiness seems to be widely accepted as a

Are We Age-ing—Or Are We Sage-ing? By Mark Boyer   My father was dying over an extended time, and he was extremely worried and agitated. My mother had already died from what was supposed to be a routine surgery. I am an only child, and I was also taking care of my mom’s father who

Sorry, Charlie! By Kathy Koches   I was standing in line to get an ice cream cone the other day, when the person ahead of me ordered “nieve de tuna.” Tuna ice cream?! Now I’ve been living in Mexico for almost eight years, and I had never heard of this–yuck! It sounded awful. The girl

Symbols And Signs By Tracy McDermott   “There are some things that cannot be learned quickly. Time, which is all we have, must be paid for their acquiring. But because it takes a lifetime to learn them, the little new that each man gets from life is very expensive and the only heritage he has

Front Row Center By Michael Warren Good PeopleBy David Lindsay-AbaireDirected by Lynn Phelan   This play was first produced in New York in 2011 and was nominated for two Tony awards that year – Best Play and Best Leading Actress in a Play (Frances McDormand) with the latter winning. So I naturally expected to see