Those Who Ignore History… By Hank Shiver   “The National Government will regard it as its first and foremost duty to revive in the nation the spirit of unity and co-operation. It will preserve and defend those basic principles on which our nation has been built.   Part of Platform: Outlaw prostitution Outlaw pornography Outlaw […]

Letter to the Editor   Dear Sir: Whoever penned the included letter has both insight and rich humor. I love it. It’s a letter to Pat Robertson from the Devil. There’s a delightful satire by C.S. Lewis called the Screwtape Letters, a collection of letters from Satan to his young nephew working as an apprentice

Award Winning Authors Coming By Herbert W. Piekow   Prep your computer because the Seventh Annual Lake Chapala Writers Conference is supplying the speakers to kick-start your inspiration and improve your writing skills. The Hotel Real de Chapala will once more be the location for the Lake Chapala Writers Conference, January 26th, 27th and 28th,

Three Cups Of Tea By Mortenson and Relin [Penquin Books, 2007]A review by John de Waal   I just finished reading this book and I recommend it. It is the true story of Greg Mortenson, an American mountain climber who, before 9/11 and after an unsuccessful attempt to summit K2 in the Karakoram, Pakistan, lost

Niños de Chapala y Ajijic By John Bingham Munroe Boy Gets Second Chance at an Education and a Better Life   At 13, Sergio is a bright, lively, friendly boy, joyful in the day, small for his age. Five and a half years ago, he had to drop out of school after the second grade.

LIMITATIONS ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH: A Canadian PerspectiveBy Roderick MacDonald   Watching CNN of late, it’s hard for a Canadian to get caught up in the hoopla about the recent US midterm election. Nearly everything else of interest was eclipsed by exhaustive (if not exhausting) reports on polls, probabilities and proclivities of various candidates, but

MY STORY By MAX BIRD Translated by Janice Kimball   My siblings and I were kept comfortable and well fed in the dark chicken coop awaiting our fate. In there with us were a Toucan, a group of twittering Canaries, some haughty hook bills splashed with brilliant markings, and oddly enough, an Iguana. Occasionally the

COLLOQUIUM By Roberto Moulun, M.D. A Strange Event in Saipan   It was sweltering hot that Thursday, noon, in Saipan, when Rose Marie bent her head over her folded arms. We thought she had fainted, but she had died.   But let me first explain. We, the Hawaii Chapter of the American Red Cross, had

A Classic Case Of Twisted Priorities   One day an Irishman, who had been stranded on a deserted island for over 10 years, saw a speck on the horizon.He thought to himself, “It’s certainly not a ship.” As the speck got closer and closer, he began to rule out even the possibilities of a small

THE OTHER 9/11 By Kenneth G. Crosby   To Americans, 9/11 means September 11, 2001, the day on which terrorists crashed two hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and one into the Pentagon, with the fourth, aiming for the White House, crashing to the ground in Pennsylvania due to heroic intervention by its passengers