MICHAEL WARREN Column: Front Row Center Website: Michael Warren grew up in London, England and lived on Baker Street very close to where Sherlock Holmes hung out his shingle. He graduated with an Honors degree in Mathematics from King’s College, Cambridge, which no doubt helps him to balance his check book. […]
BILL FRAYER Column: Uncommon Common Sense Website: Bill Frayer lived all of his adult life in Maine until moving to Mexico in 2007. He had a long career teaching writing, critical thinking, and communication at the community college and university level. He has published a critical thinking textbook and four volumes
ALEJANDRO GRATTAN-DOMINGUEZ Column: Editor’s Page Website: Wrote/directed first movie about Mexican-Americans, Only Once in a Lifetime– Recently purchased with another film of his, No Return Address, by Turner Classic Movies. Lifetime premiered at the Kennedy Center in Wash., D.C. —1979. Awarded Governor’s (California) Commendation—1980. Special Award of Appreciation from the National Association of Mexican-American Educators—1981. Wrote 23 film
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ANTONIO RAMBLES Column: Imprints Website: https://antoniorambles.com/ Antonio Ramblés’ books include the novels Mirasol Redemption and Lifelines, and the short story collection Laguna Tales. His work also appears in the anthologies Embracing the Fog and Mexico: Sunlight & Shadows. His blog Antonio Ramblés Travels shares observations on journeys across the U.S., Europe,
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez For more editorials, visit: http://thedarksideofthedream.com Political Hysteria (Some of the following courtesy of Griselda Nevarez) In the face of much frenzied bloviating in some political quarters in the United States about the apocalyptic future the country faces unless it can stem the “tidal wave of Mexican immigrants” into the
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“Tolstoyevsky” By M. Woland A similar gaffe (“Prostakovich”) was made by a friend when showing off in a high-school student paper. But it showed that the two composers he had wrongly conflated into one were important. Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky are arguably the two greatest Russian authors who have both influenced, and become part of,
The Ojo Internet Mailbox (Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issues.) LIFE UNDER NIKLLAI CEAUSESCU Gabrielle Blair I found this article interesting and well written. It was known that the husband and wife Ceausescu team were a pair of monsters, but the details of their crimes are not common knowledge. THE MIRASOL
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Château de Cheverny The Loire Valley’s Château de Cheverny has stood as a testament to the conspicuous consumption of French royalty for nearly 400 years. One of the first châteaux to open its doors to the public early in the 1900’s, it’s known for its magnificent interiors and remarkably
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Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com Was Plato Right? I was watching Donald Trump on television the other day and I thought of my philosophy class in college when we read Plato’s Republic. I remember being surprised and skeptical when Plato suggested that democracy was a governmental system that would never work. As I
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