OF FAITH AND FABLES. By Bob Haynes Just What The Doctor Ordered! Proverbs 17:22 says: “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” It is difficult, in these times of turmoil, to find much to cheer about. I’ve just about stopped watching the evening news and often just […]
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UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer Ambiguity and Democracy When George W. Bush led the United States into war against Iraq in 2003, he made claims about the danger Iraq posed to the United States. He, and his surrogates, stated that, “Sadaam is reconstituting a nuclear weapons program,” labeled Iraq “an outlaw regime that
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BRIDGE BY THE LAKE By Ken Masson It’s great to be back in Ajijic after our summer sojourn in Toronto. It is always a delight to experience the wonderful weather here and get together with friends we haven’t seen in six months or longer. And this year there was an extra special pleasure awaiting
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Op – ED By Maggie Van OstrandWhy Can’t Congress Be More Like a Dog? Pretty nearly everybody, including cat lovers, know what dogs are like. They greet each other by circling, touching noses, and generally giving each other the once-over until they’re satisfied with what they find and have enough information to decide whether to
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Editor’s Page GUEST EDITORIAL By Daniel Houck Medical Reform Or Medical Ruination? Let’s face it. The U.S. medical system is in serious trouble. It suffers from runaway costs and uneven delivery. It is about to be inundated with a demographic Tsunami, the Baby Boom. The system of providing insurance through employers is breaking down
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CHELATION THERAPY By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D. Edited by Maria Montenegro Every person on the planet has been exposed to toxins, metals and pollutants. The air we breathe, the food we eat and environmental exposures are some of the sources. Chelation Therapy is a chemical process delivered intravenously (through the veins). It is
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SAVAGE CAPITALISM AND THE MYTH OF DEMOCRACY Written by Prof. Michael HoganReviewed by Ana Sofia Carbonell(The book may be purchased at Sandi’s Book Store in Guadalajara and on amazon.com) Written from the perspective of an American educator living and working in Mexico for almost two decades, Savage Capitalism and the Myth of Democracy is
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MIDLIFE RADIANCE (Ed. Note: The following are a few excerpts from the new book Midlife Radiance by Dilia Suriel. The book may be purchased at the Diane Pearl Collection in Ajijic.) For many ex-pats Lake Chapala is not merely a region in Jalisco; it represents a conscious commitment to a vibrant quality of life
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POLITICAL WACKOS By Bill Franklin It has been brought to my attention that Barack Obama was never born. I have this as actual evidence from conservatives. Conservatives are about the only people you can trust around here with important things like birthrights, rights, rights of birth and whether or not the born are really
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR In your last issue a Mr. Barnes tried to justify the Nobel award to President Obama and attributed all critical comments to plain old Republican jealousy. Mr. Barnes was eloquent in crediting Mr. Obama with changing world perceptions and a mind change of tectonic proportions. However the Nobel award statutes
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