Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayer billfrayer@gmail.com Is Coercive Paternalism Ever Justified? My friend, Luis Romero, recently sent me a copy of a book review from the New York Review of Books, thinking I might find the subject interesting. The book Against Autonomy, by Sarah Conly, argues that government and other organizations are sometimes
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BRIDGE BY THE LAKE By Ken Masson One of the most common adages at bridge is: “Against a no trump contract, lead fourth best from your longest and strongest suit.” I would agree with that in principle but would add “with some exceptions”. One of those exceptions occurred in the illustrated hand. North dealt
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Letter’s to the Editor Dear Editor: With regard to “The Last King of Mexico,” written by Dr. Lorin Swinehart (March 2013 edition), I have just one point to clarify. As a native Texan, somewhat familiar with that state’s history, I question the statement, “There followed [after Mexico won its independence from
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Joyful MusingsBy Joy Birnbach Dunstan, MA, LPC, MAC I’ll Do It Mañana I wish I had a list of all those things I keep meaning to get done but somehow never quite get to. Maybe with a list to look at each morning I’d consider my options and select something to accomplish that day.
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TECUMSEH—Native American Hero/Defender of Canada By Dr. Lorin Swinehart On the night of March 9, l768, a great meteor streaked across the skies of southern Ohio, heralding the birth of the great Shawnee leader Tecumseh on the banks of a spring near the village of Chalahgawth, not far from the Little Miami
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Welcome to Mexico!By Victoria Schmidt House Calls One of the great things I love about Mexico is that medical doctors make house calls. Oh, they all have their offices and appointments are the norm. But there are doctors in Mexico who understand the concept of simply being too sick to go to the doctor.
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Remembering Robert Kleffel Robert Kleffel, a beloved member of our community at Lakeside, passed away on April 4th at the age of 78. A native of Los Angeles California, Robert attended UCLA where he graduated with a degree in business. Until 1980 he lived in Santa Monica where he taught business courses at
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Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hess Forget the Problem—Concentrate on the Solution! In this part we will work on the solution for the first two problems we mentioned, running to the door and barking, and begging at the table, because the solutions are the same. I ascribe to the process of
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Graffiti Busters Winning The Battle! Have you noticed any graffiti in Ajijic or Chapala lately? The answer is probably, “No”. That would not have been the case a couple of years ago. Ajijic and Chapala were both saturated with the ‘Urban Art.’ In fact, it was hard to go a block or two in
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CHILD of the month Rich Petersen José Adrián Chavarría Reyes This smiling face belongs to 9-year old José Adrián Chavarría Reyes. José Adrián lives in Ajijic with his parents and two siblings, an older brother and a younger sister. Mom, Silva, is a housewife and Dad, Noé, is a carpenter. A year and
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