A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT By Mark S. McGrew   I am firmly convinced that the single most destructive problem in America is drugs. If people are not using illegal street drugs, they are drugged out from their family doctor. American television is saturated with drug commercials for anything that you can possibly imagine. Sleep too much? […]

A RINGING SUCCESS By Jim Rambo   Once in a while, judges get too big for their pants. And there’s nobody else but lawyers who can rein them in. It must be done subtly, but assertively. And it must also be accomplished in a manner that borders on contempt but never crosses that border. Cross

The Continuing Adventures of Mildred and Suzette By Katie B. Goode The Road Warriors   “Ay!” Mildred yelped as she eased herself into the wraparound leather chair after returning from the ladies’ room. “What?!” Suzette asked, worried about her old friend. Mildred winced and pointed into the distance. “See that rusty old car down there?”

From Perito Moreno Glacier to the Chilean Border- Part 2 By Carol L. Bowman   A slow, muffled wheeze of labored breaths echoed in the crisp air. Creaky noises rippled through the mass, as if old bones were snapping under pressure. A calamitous thunder exploded, rocking onlookers with its intensity, as jagged pieces of the

WORLD WATER DAY By Karuna   It is a celebration An invitation to live in awakened consciousness We human beings, together with our planet, Form a single interconnected organism We have forgotten this Now is the time to re connect To co-exist harmoniously 0nce again be in partnership with nature Rather than oblivious of our

MORELIA, PATZCUARO, URUAPAN! By Robert Brittingham   Earlier this season we joined 20+ travelers to experience our third trip to Mexico’s beautiful and splendid interior – the state of Michoacán and, initially, the magnificent city of Morelia. Morelia is considered to be the most noble of all Mexican Colonial towns. The architecture has been kept

Are beautiful people also more intelligent? By Thomas Hally   Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa is an evolutionary psychologist at the London School of Economics. He and his colleague, Jody L. Kovar, took on the task of writing a book on about the relationship between beauty and general intelligence entitled: Why Beautiful People are More Intelligent. Many

A SENIOR’S TRIP TO A DISCOUNT STORE By an Anonymous Contributor   Yesterday I was at my local discount buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for my loyal pet, Biscuit, the Wonder Dog and I were in the checkout line when the woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did

A MUSICIAN’S TALE OF WOE By An Anonymous Contributor   As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a grave side service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper’s cemetery in the Kentucky

FELINE LEUKEMIA By Barbara Hess   Most Lakeside cat lovers have heard warnings concerning Feline Leukemia (FeLV), but many are confused about this disease and its implications. Since 2004, when the Animal Shelter initiated testing all incoming cats, local infection rates steadily dropped. In 2008 only ONE cat tested positive out of those received. Shockingly,