UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer What’s Right? What’s Wrong? (Part 2) Last month I discussed the ethical framework proposed by Emanuel Kant. Kant suggested, with his categorical imperative, that ethical decisions should be made using clear rules to which everyone can agree: It’s wrong to lie. It’s wrong to steal, etc. This “rule-based” […]
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ALL ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT By Dr. Todd Stong (Ed. Note: This marks Dr. Stong’s debut column. He has served as a volunteer engineer with Lakeside local governments for the past eight years in regards to water supply, waste water treatment, streets, malecons and the general area of infrastructure planning. At Lakeside he advises on lake
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BRIDGE BY THE LAKE By Ken Masson Herself and myself recently played this very interesting hand against Beverly and her partner, Ian Morris. I was sitting West and when I sorted my hand the first thought that occurred to me was: “how many spades will I bid this to?” You can imagine my surprise
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A BALLOON IN CACTUS By Maggie Van Ostrand “A Mexican Village” This story could take place in any village in any state in the paradise that is known as Mexico. The names of the people may be different, but the stories will be the same. Once upon a time, a man named Tomas earned
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Editor’s PageGuest Editorial by M.A. PorterHanging with the Atheists What is it with atheists? Those who don’t believe there is a God. That by mere chance of environment touching evolution, all earth-creatures came into being. That the need for a comforting, all-powerful deity was chemically sprung in our frontal lobes after experiencing threat. That all
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Lakeside LivingBy Kay Davis Phone: (376) 766-4774or 765-3676 to leave messages Email: kdavis987@gmail.com June 2010 Every spring I rejoice at the joys of nature in Mexico. Back home, heat means summer. Here summer is rainy season, and the cobblestones turn green with grass. And spring, while it is hot, is also a time for baby
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GRINGAS & GUACAMOLE By Gail Nott Early Childhood Development I have often wondered how I managed to develop past early childhood without pre-nursery, nursery, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and most importantly, an au pair. My first caregiver was a very high, dark mahogany, ornately carved bed, with an enormous feather-ticked mattress. Each morning, before sun-up, my
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ANYTHING YOU CAN DO(they can do better!) By Tom Clarkson It may be a brother-in-law, next door neighbor or that particularly irritating high school bellicose bully who has badly gone to seed. You know the kind, those guys (and occasional woman) who, no matter what you say, are the “I can top that” sort!
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Dispossession and Apartheid By Fred Mittag Peter Rosenberg invoked “anti-Semitism” six times in “The Israeli Side” (Ojo-June issue). That’s a lot of anti-Semitism. Tony Klug, writing for Tikkun Magazine, a Jewish critique of politics, culture, and society, described what he called “definition creep” that trivializes past Jewish suffering. Zionists such as Alan Dershowitz browbeat
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IN MEMORIAMEKTOR CARRANZA1932-2010 (Submitted by Tod Jonson) Ektor Carranza was a founding member of Culinary Art Society of Ajijic 24 years ago. He was a Life Member of CASA. Ektor, being totally bilingual, brought the Mexican and Anglo community together through food. Ektor was a generous, loving man and loved life — living twenty-five of those years here
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