Not All Turn-Abouts Are Fair Play By Bob Tennison Living just below the poverty line, the last thing the Marshalls needed was a fifth child, but it happened. An extremely handsome boy made them very proud, but also made them realize he had to be the last. The father was lucky enough to be
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Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Mexican Time I have returned from the clutches of the USA and find myself fortunate to be reunited with my heart–Mexico. Here we have the youngest “older” people I have ever experienced. I felt ancient in the USA. But here there is activity everywhere. Octogenarians are playing on
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The Day After the Day of the Dead And yet I love, On autumn eves, when silence reigns above, To visit some ancestral village keep, Where all the dead in solemn stillness sleep; Where every simple marker has a home, And in the dark no pallid robbers
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez For more editorials, visit: http://thedarksideofthedream.com We’re Off to See the Wizard! This past year marked the 75th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, which was recently named “the most watched movie ever” by the Library of Congress. Since the film’s debut in 1939, it is estimated that more than
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HERNÁN CORTÉS—The Conqueror By Herbert W. Piekow Hernándo Cortez Pizarro was born into a noble but poor Spanish family in 1485. Like the Aztec Emperor, Motcezuma II, there are several accepted spellings for his name. As a child Cortéz was often ill and at the age of 14 his parents sent him to the
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Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hess artthedogguy@yahoo.com Why Dog Classes Don’t Work That’s right. For The most part Dog Classes don’t work very well. You see, the dog owners want the dog to stop doing things. You know, I want him to stop jumping up, to stop pulling on the leash, to
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Hacienda Style Guanajuato is one of Mexico’s five colonial “silver cities.” Silver was discovered here in the 1600’s, and within a century Guanajuato had become the largest single source of silver in the world. Magnificent churches and mansions were built with the riches, and one of those mansions survives
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Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayer billfrayer@gmail.com Gut Check for Progressives The US midterm elections did not turn out well for progressive activists. I could make excuses for the Democratic Party’s poor showing. As the media has pointed out, the people who vote in the election are mostly older white people, unlike the coalitions
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