Insight Straight By Jim Tuck Pretty Boy Floyd: The “Marcos” of Mexico The line between outlaw and Robin Hood-style populist guerrilla is often difficult to draw. One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. Yet certain criteria can be defined. Take the case of a man who, though technically outside the law, never preys […]
The American Dream By Ron Knight rknight@knightmediacom.com Many are awakening from the American Dream, which I can clearly see as I’ve stepped away from it to live as an Expat. The American marketing society always needs something to fear, so it has something to sell to a ravenous appetite. Once it’s over with, that
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Ajijic Cash Machine Personalities By Ed Tasca Not long ago, the local bank ATM (on Ajijic Plaza) ate my debit card. And for a frantic half-hour I tried to retrieve it. I spoke amiably about how reliable and agreeable the machine had been in the past, and how it almost always drew great,
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The Last King Of Mexico By Dr. Lorin Swinehart On the morning of June 19, 1867, the Emperor Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph von Hapsburg-Lorraine was stood before a firing squad at Queretaro by forces loyal to President Benito Juarez and shot, ending his brief tenure as ruler of Mexico. He had been proclaimed emperor on
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RHINOPLASTY: def. repair¬a damaged front end Re: Insurance Claim # AGL1947293a By Bob Drynan Dear Sir: In response to your request for greater detail related to the above claim, I fully sympathize with the incredulity of your associates, so I will provide you with the full sequence of events that should clarify how two incidents,
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Front Row Center By Michael Warren Season 49! The musical The Drowsy Chaperone closed at the end of February, so there wasn’t time for my review to make it into this issue – you will have to wait another month. Meanwhile, the LLT has just announced the plays for next season (Season 49). Here
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The Ojo Internet Mailbox (Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issues.) APOLOGIES Bernie I’m sorry I read this!! Ken Loomes You’re bad! Manny Mac; I am sitting here wondering how you come up with all this BS. But it is quite hilarious. Keep it up. Good night. Elder Dotter I never knew
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Great News! Alianza por una Educación Humanitaria (Alliance for Humane Education) is formed by a group of four associations in education, science, child welfare and animal advocacy interested in improving the quality of life in the Lakeside area by fostering early values of respect and responsibility in children towards other humans, animals and all living
Now That I’m Older Here’s What I’ve Discovered: 1. I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it. 2. My wild oats have turned into prunes and all-bran. 3. I finally got my head together, and now my body is falling apart. 4. Funny, I don’t remember being absent-minded. 5. Funny, I
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The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce msconce@gmail.com Russian Poetry in the Golden Age The Pushkin Pleiad It was a time of enormous and varied achievements in the arts, the 1810s, 1820s and 1830s. St.Petersburg, the Russian capital at that time, was the focal point of advances in every conceivable art form. Enormous prestige
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