GERIATRIC MEDICINE By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D.Edited by Maria Montenegro   Geriatrics is the branch of medicine that focuses on health care of the elderly. It aims to promote health and to prevent and treat diseases and disabilities in older adults. Geriatrics was separated from Internal Medicine Specialty as a distinct entity in the […]

UVA’s PEOPLE By Kathleen Hurd   We knock on the metal door of an ordinary village home, part of a row of ordinary family homes in San Juan Cosala. José Chavez welcomes us with a huge smile while a sea of heads peers into the crowded entrance. This family is an UVA family. We crowd

When Insults Had  Class….   These glorious insults are from an era when cleverness with words was still valued, before a great portion of the English  language got boiled down to four letter words, not to mention waving middle fingers. A member of Parliament to Disraeli: ‘Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some

Ask Carolyn By Carolyn Comedo   (Ed. Note: Carolyn has recently retired to Lakeside after a successful career counselling couples in the former Russian state of South Adiaphorous. She has graciously volunteered to answer questions from readers who may find themselves stalled by one or more of life’s many predicaments. She and her husband, Leon,

“UNHOLY” SPIRIT   his true false-self  enamored, groomed,  handsomely shaped;  speaking in sweeping  statements,  heard only inside a  closed mind.    mirror-faceted  presence,  devoid of innocence;  insuring  all shreds of truth  spill out, discarded  in the misty gloom  of emptiness.    ever stepping  backward,  each pace measured in short sure clips, their sound resounding off

THE STUFF OF DREAMS A Novel by Alejandro Grattan-DominguezWeeb Publishers  241 pages  $15.95 USReviewed by Jim Tuck(Review first published in The Guadalajara Reporter)   One never ceases to be amazed by the versatility of novelist/film director/screenwriter/magazine editor/cultural commentator Alejandro Grattan. This quality is even more remarkable since a main current running through several of his

WORDPLAY   The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are the winners:   1.  Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of

Flying South By Katie B. Goode   (Ed. Note: This is the first of an ongoing series about the adventures of “Mildred and Suzette.” The author is an award-winning script writer and a newcomer to our pages. Welcome, Katie!) Out of respect for their adopted country, and in order to support the local economy, Mildred

RE-GIFTING By Margie Harrell   Re-gifting….an interesting word. Unheard of a few years ago but then the whole English language seems to have taken on a life of its own, what with all the new computer lingo out there. That’s not to say that I’m not familiar with the concept but we used to call

GRABBING THE TIGER BY THE TAIL By Bill Franklin   Lenny Bruce said that when your wife comes home and sees you in bed with another woman, deny it. Have the woman get dressed and walk out the door and then deny everything. Because, according to Lenny, eventually your wife will begin to doubt what