UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer billfrayer@gmail.com FDR and Privacy I was watching the recent Ken Burns film “The Roosevelts” on PBS in September. Although I have always considered FDR one of my heroes and have read a number of biographies about him, I did learn a few new things. I knew he had
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The Conservative Corner By Martita Noon EPA Clean Power Plan: All pain – no gain for American jobs and energy—A diverse coalition, has sprung up in opposition to the Clean Power Plan (CPP). Yet most people are unaware of the potential impacts or of the deadline for public comment. This week’s column was written
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World Aids Day Comes To Ajijic By Sally Myers Whom among us has not been touched by AIDS, the most critical epidemic in recorded history? At a recent cocktail party, a comment was overheard: “AIDS? Hasn’t that been eradicated?” Would it surprise you to hear there are 34 million people in the world living
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Leftovers By Judy Dykstra-Brown When my father died forty years ago, it was in Arizona, where my parents had been spending their winters for the past ten years. They maintained houses in two places, returning to South Dakota for the summers. But after my father died, my mother never again entered the house in
FATCA and FBAR – What’s the Big Deal? By Dudley Pierce Baker http://CommonStockWarrants.com I have been an ex-pat since 1999 and enjoy a great life living outside the United States. Not only am I an ex-pat but I am also a retired IRS agent with over 29 years of service before retiring in 1996.
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Independence By Kathy Koches The dictionary defines “independence” as: freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others. One of my favorite comedians, George Carlin, put it this way: “I do this real moron thing, it’s called thinking, and I’m not a very good American because I like to form my
Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton “Hug somebody today, somebody along life’s way….” I just read in a recent This Week magazine that there is a new Web app that helps you find a stranger “who will engage in no-strings-attached cuddling.” This is not about casual sex (although those apps exist as
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Letters to the Editor Dear Sir: (A response to “Dr. Savage Was Right” by Robert Nipper in September Ojo del Lago.) Mr. Nipper’s article lacks basic logic. He seems to believe that if one person whom he labels as Liberal (or even several people) say something, then everyone in the general group must accept it as true.
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The Cowbell Trash Truck By Teri Saya It’s around 8:00 am. I am not a morning person so I’m still lying in bed. Behind my eyelids, I’m standing in a field of green grass, it’s a beautiful sunny day, there is a milk cow ambling towards me, her bell tinkling in the breeze. She
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HIGH-HEELED PENANCE—In San Miguel de Allende By Carol L. Bowman The one-ton platform carrying the image of the Virgin Mary swayed on the shoulders of the 40 women bearing its burden, as they emerged from the massive doorway of the 500 year-old Templo Oratorio. A tear sliding down Mary’s porcelain cheek, representing her grief
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