The Ghosts Among Us By Fred Mittag “José Enrique de la Peña” The 200 defenders of the Alamo, highly romanticized, including a film by John Wayne, also comprised a dozen Mexican nationals called Tejanos. They wanted to restore the liberal Mexican 1824 Constitution. Texas did not declare independence until the defenders were already
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New Team Supports Lake Chapala Society’s Student Aid Program (SAP) By Blue J. Gibson and Maricruz Ibarra team up to continue the good work of LCS’ Student Aid Program. When Coralie White retired from managing the LCS Student Aid Program after 19 years, a new dynamic duo stepped in to fill her shoes.
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Front Row Center By Michael Warren I’ll Be Back Before Midnight By Peter Colley Directed by Roseann Wilshere If you like a spooky murder mystery with haunting noises, curtains flapping and lots of blood and gore, then I’ll Be Back Before Midnight is just the play for you. “Jan” has recently had a
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Books How sweet, how difficult their birth brought home, adored, unbundled, shrink-wrapped, received with joy, kissed and caressed and fondled – These lost abandoned children, shadows of former selves now left without a second glance alone, unread on loveless shelves. Michael Warren
Man’s Best Friend By Lori Geiger In the USA, approximately four million dogs are euthanized every year; in a study, it was established that about 20% were adopted from a shelter, 18% were found as strays, and 62% purchased from a breeder, or pet store. Sadly, in a separate study it is believed that over
On Becoming Canadian By Neil McKinnon A recent newspaper carried an item about new Canadians complaining that their citizenship test had been too difficult, that even people born and raised in Canada would not be able to answer the questions. New Canadian, Aristotle “Limey” Woo-Alley-Sing agrees. “Even people born and raised in
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Escape To Mexico Mexico has long been a haven for writers from all over the world, and was/is for many of them what Paris must have been to the generation of writers that included such famous names as Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Dos Passos. Mexico has also had its own
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF AMBIGUITY FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE PHILOSOPHY OF AMBIGUITY, AS WELL AS THE IDIOSYNCRASIES OF ENGLISH: 1. Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things. 2. One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. 3. Atheism is a non-prophet organization. 4. If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still
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A Brief History Of Jews In Mexico By Mel Goldberg Arriving with the first Spaniards, Jews have lived in Mexico since the fourteenth century. Their history in Mexico may be divided into three significant time periods: the 14th, 18th, and 20th Centuries. THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY The first Jews arrived about thirty years after
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