How Chastity Belts Are Saving America Satire By J. C. Kottler Rick Santorum has become the Anti-contraceptive candidate for President. The former Senator not only is against President Obama’s compromise on contraceptives for Catholic institutions. He also believes, quite rightly, that contraceptives are immoral, even for married couples. As he says, “One of the […]
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Stay Healthy! By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D. Internal Medicine & Geriatric Specialist Mdjmcordova1204@yahoo.com Dietetic And Nutritional Overview Part II The term “Nutritionist” or “Nutriologist“ is not specifically defined and, unfortunately, it is sometimes used by people who have no credible nutritional training and who seek to sell dietary supplements or weight-loss schemes without
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“How Sharper Than A Serpent’s Tooth It Is To Have A Thankless Child” King Lear (Shakespeare): Act 1, scene 4, lines 288-289 By Mel Goldberg After my mother died, my father lived with me. It was difficult because of his age. He needed special care. One afternoon when we walked into the doctor’s office,
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Theater Talk (Sent in by Barbara Clippinger, who as her last LLT show so wondrously proved, knows more than a thing or two about the theater.) 1. Eternity The time that passes between a dropped cue and the next line. 2. Prop A hand-carried object small enough to be lost by an actor 30
GUILLERMINA—My Comadre By Iris Slocombe When Bert and I retired in the Lakeside area we had no intention of employing a maid. I felt I could cope well without help as I had always done. However, a friend pointed out that if we could afford it we were in effect robbing someone of the
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez (A few months ago, the ten-year war in Iraq finally came to an end. Total cost: More than 4,500 U.S. dead, tens of thousands of wounded (including PTSD), many thousands permanently maimed, 250,000 Iraqi dead, millions homeless and an 800 Billion Dollar cost to the American taxpayer. No weapons
Life On The Altiplano By Carol L. Bowman Our driver, Eber and Walter, our tour leader, had no choice. After we endured a jarring one hour ride on a rutted dirt road, the familiar trail ended abruptly. Boulders placed across the dusty path signaled an impasse ahead. A make-shift route wandered off to the
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Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayer billfrayer@gmail.com Collaborative Consumption: Would It Work? In January, at the weekly LCS Learning Seminar, we viewed a TED podcast from Sidney by Rachel Botsman, author of What’s Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption. In a nutshell, she is on a mission to sell the concept of
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson The Annual Ajijic Sectional Tournament was once again held in the Hotel Real de Chapala in mid-February. With a good mixture of local players and visitors from other parts of Mexico and abroad the friendliness and good competition for which this event is known was evident once
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