Baja Brownies By Mikel MillerDonMiguel2@ymail.com On August 21, 2009, Mexico decriminalized personal possession of less than five grams of marijuana. Boomer–an expat living on the Baja Peninsula–decided to try some pot right away. He says his first experience was sharing a joint, and most of his friends in northern Baja were stunned to learn […]
Dark Encounter By Kathy Price From a distance, I could see the old woman leaning in against the door, smacking it with her open hand, calling out to someone, unseen, inside. Her filthy, ragged dress hung off her spare frame and she radiated desperation. Curious, I continued to watch her as I approached down
NORTH AMERICA: An Oil and Gas Powerhouse By Marita NoonEdited by Frank Callom North America Oil and Gas reserves is growing exponentially mainly because of better sourcing and drilling techniques. Look to Mexico for an example. Mexico has huge oil-and-gas reserves–estimated at 115bn barrels of oil equivalent, comparable to Kuwait’s—but lacks the technology to
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The Ojo Internet Mailbox (Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issues.) “AMERICAN” IS NOT A LANGUAGE! B. Garrison You have chosen a few, isolated instances and used those to paint every conservative with the same broad brush. You have a forum in this magazine to present your point of view, but instead
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez For more editorials, visit:http://thedarksideofthedream.com OUR AMERICA—A Hispanic History of the United States (With some quotes by Allen Barra, who reviewed the book for several outlets in the U.S.) A fascinating book has recently come our way that does much to dispel many of the beliefs that millions of citizens
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MOCTEZUMA—The Emperor By Herbert W. Piekow The chronicles of Moctezuma´s life are full of contradictions, including the more than half dozen spellings of his name. Although there are several spellings of Moctezuma, including those of Cortéz and Bernal Diaz del Castillo, both of whom knew the Emperor; each of the accepted translations of the
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The Jewish Baseball Catcher that Caught the Nazis by Surprise Courtesy of Robert Drynan(Author Unknown) When baseball greats Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig went on tour in baseball-crazy Japan in 1934, some fans wondered why a third-string catcher named Moe Berg was included in the troupe. The answer was simple: Berg was an American
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Are The Keys In The Freezer? An Advocate’s Guide for Alzheimer’s & Other Dementias By Patricia Woodell, et al.Reviewed by Patricia Hemingway How do families sift through the overwhelming amount of evidence and advice on dementia to determine what is relevant to them and their loved ones? Pat Woodell and her sisters did just
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés AKA Tony Passarellowww.antoniorambles.comantonio.rambles@yahoo.com Italy’s Cinque Terre gateway Call it luck, but in years of travel I’ve rarely experience an upended itinerary that didn’t have a silver lining, and my luck again held when heavy seas prevented our ship from docking at Portofino. The alternate port was a placed called Porto
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