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MURDER OF LEON TROTSKY IN MEXICO —Leaves Many Unanswered Questions By Dr. Lorin Swinehart   On August 20, 1940, Leon Trotsky, Marxist philosopher and a major figure in the Russian Revolution, was working quietly in his study in his home on Avenida Vienna in the Coyoacan section of Mexico City, when Ramon Mercator, an undercover […]

Let’s End The War On Drugs By Mel Goldberg   Mexico should end any attempt to stop drug shipments into the US and work to solve its own problems.   Under President Calderon, Mexico got in bed with one devil, the United States, attempting to do its bidding with disastrous consequences. Calderon made a government crackdown

Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton “To the time left she will show no mercy.”     While reading the latest issue of Iron Horse Literary Review—published at Texas Tech University in Lubbock—I discovered “Heliotrope,” a fine poem about aging. The poet Leigh Anne Couch (who, incidentally, is managing editor of the venerable

How To Find A Good Doctor By Ed Tasca   A good friend might recommend one, of course, but once we make up our minds he or she is the golden caduceus, someone will come along and explain how they made the same choice and now can no longer blow their nose without reflexively gesturing

A NEW LEASE—on Life! By Judit Rajhathy, B.A., RNCP, D.Ac. Bike and Burn – Safely   I must admit I am a spin addict. And of all the different activities I have taught and tried over the years, it is what I keep coming back to. You do not need to be coordinated, musical, competitive

LAKESIDE LIVING Tod Jonson  todoflcs3@yahoo.com Barbara Clippinger clippy1020@gmail.com July 2012 As expected, Canada celebrated Dominion Day  July 1, 2012 with wild enthusiasm as did the USA, leaving a lasting mark on July 4 It seems everyone wanted to CELEBRATE!     LCS’s celebration was a huge success with great music by the ever reliable Tall

Strolling On The Malecon     Strolling on the malecon accompanied by an occasional yawn in the very early dawn is an hour of our precious life albeit shared as husband and wife. Interminable, but gone in a flash, while we nimbly run and dash, I in my slinky black and blue, such sporty clothes

Jaltepec Wins National Competition— AGAIN! By Mike and Sally Myers   The Entrepreneurial Expo Competition began in April for ten talented Jaltepec students, each hoping to secure a place in the national competition held May 15th in Mexico City. The annual entrepreneurial expo is sponsored and judged by the Business Incubation Department of the Pan

        THE THOUSAND CUTS By Margaret Zielinski     You run for sheer pleasure cycle every day by the river your body light, invisible   hurry past the bent figure leaning on a cane blocking the aisle   in the grocery store, you groan at the old lady fumbling in her change