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Welcome to Mexico By Victoria Schmidt Confessions of a Former Cook   I confess. My maid has to dust my stove. Since moving to Mexico, I’ve acquired a complete aversion to cooking. It isn’t that I‘m unable to cook, or that I don’t know how to cook. I simply hate to do it. I think

Leon Kreitman In Memoriam —1932-2011—   Leon Kreitman departed this world on Wednesday, October 17, 2011 in Tonson, MD. He was born in Louisville, KY and lived there until he finished high school. He spent three years in Japan during the Korean War before continuing his education at Indiana University, earning a Masters’ Degree in

Child of the Month By Rich Petersen Daniel Eloy Juárez Gutiérrez   This cherubic face belongs to Daniel Juárez Gutiérrez, known as “Dani” at home. Dani is 10-1/2 years old and lives in Ixtlahuacán with his parents and an older brother. Dad’s name is Omar and is a jewelry designer and also repairs jewelry; Mom,

America: 18th and Falling Fast By Michael McGrath     According to IQ research taken from a book by professors Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen entitled IQ And The Wealth of Nations, there is a clear indication that the average IQ in the United States is 98. This puts the U.S. 18th in the list

Nowhere But In Mexico By Iris Slocombe   Christmas 2010 was about as unusual for me as can be imagined. I was writing a few last minute e-Mails before getting ready for the “carol sing” at church. I managed to get tangled in the castors on my husband Bert’s desk chair, and in a bad

My Most Embarrassing Moment By Sally Myers   I hung up the phone, ran down the steps, and stomped into the kitchen to find my mother. Putting my hands on my hips, I asked, “How come you never told me there was such a thing as circumcision?” She paused, took a long drag on her

Amongst A Lifetime Of Achievements By Tod Jonson Chairman, Lakeside Community Awards Committee   Though our 2012 Community Awards ceremony has been temporarily postponed, we thought it important to inform those who might wonder how our Awards Committee sometimes makes its decisions that the following were some of the facts we reviewed before deciding on

Report From The Future By J. C. Kottler   Via a worm hole in the universe, I have a report from the future. Believe it or not, Rick Perry is going to be our next President. This may seem hard to believe, especially after his recent, disastrous, debate performance, but stranger things have happened. Here

Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton “Making Love with Form or Spirit”   At the beginning of January, I published a new collection of poems—To Love for a Thousand Years—that was at least in part inspired by the poems of the Sufi master, Hafiz (c.1320-1389), Persia’s most beloved poet. In recent decades, Daniel

Mexico’s Dynamic Economy By Robert Kleffel (Courtesy of Carol Wheeler, mexico@mexconnect.com)   It is often said that when the US gets a cold, Mexico gets pneumonia. This time it didn’t happen. Let’s look at the data from Mexico’s dynamic economy. During this last recession, in the US millions of homes are in foreclosure, 250 banks