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A Safer World By Neil McKinnon     Recent shooting tragedies in Colorado and Wisconsin have prompted a variety of responses ranging from installing surveillance equipment at movie houses to increasing the police presence at large gatherings. Most of these efforts will be short-lived and ineffectual. However, one public reaction not only has the potential

Dia De Los Muertos By Antonio Ramblés AKA Tony Passarello www.antoniorambles.com antonio.rambles@yahoo.com     It’s about this time each year that I lament the creeping encroachment of America’s shallowly commercial Halloween tradition upon Mexico’s deeply spiritual Dia de Los Muertos observance. In the States, trick-or-treat decorations may have been replaced by Christmas decorations and candy

Redefine By Michael Biagi     I believe in uniqueness. I believe in originality. But it´s so damn hard with the media’s fingerprints all over the hearts and minds of humanity. I believe we all have a voice. We all have the choice to redeem destiny, to give wings to the dreams laying dormant inside you and

Something About Education By Martha Díaz     Pop Quiz! What is the picture that comes to your mind whenever you hear or read the word Education?Maybeit is a clean classroom, where everything is in its place and kids happily raise their hands before talking. If this picture fits with yours, we can share some

What Happened With The Irish And The Jews Of America? By John Ward     I remember the days when the Irish and the Jews traditionally fought for the rights of the underdog. Perhaps it was because of so many years of persecution by the empire du jour that gave these two peoples a real

RAMON NOVARRO—A Super Star with Only One Demon By Frank Javier Garcia Berumen Reviewed by Tod Jonson     Ramon Novarro holds a prominent place as one of the legendary matinee idols of silent and talking films, regardless of race.  Novarro conjures up the era of the great silent screen lovers that included Rudolph Valentino,

Three in a Cage By Janice Kimball Book Review by James Tipton 181 pages $200 pesos     Three in a Cage is about creating family. It is also about loss, longing, survival, injustice, adaptation, rescue, and love. Long-time local artist Janice Kimball is the creator and owner of Aztec Art and Weaving Studios in

LAKESIDE LIVING Kay Davis Phone: 376 – 108 – 0278 (or 765 – 3676 to leave messages) Email: kdavis987@gmail.com December 2012 PAST EVENTS   The November 12th CASA (Culinary Art Society of Ajijc) Meeting/Competition featured Poultry Main Dish for Category A and for Category B, a Complimentary Side Dish. The judges were Lorraine Keefer, Cheryl

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Saying Her Name Poems by Margaret Van Every Tallahassee: Librophilia Press (2012) 150 pesos  Reviewed by Michael McGrath   It is fair to say that when we lose a parent, especially when we are young, we are the lost ones – at least for a while. But sometimes it takes a lifetime of battling heartache