Hearts at Work. By Guest Columnist Robert Kleffel Relationships   [In recent conversations, Ajijic resident Robert Kleffel has offered some useful insights regarding relationships, which I asked him to share with you here.—James Tipton] Most of us agree that having good health is critical for a sense of well-being. The second most important component in […]

STAY HEALTHY! By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D.t Medicines, Compound’s  Laws and the Truth.PART  I   JAMA (The Journal of American Medical Association) published an eye-opening report in 1998 that 106,000 hospital patients die each year from adverse reactions caused by prescription drugs. Over-the-counter or non-prescription nonsteroidal (No Cortizone Derived) anti-inflammatory drugs (such as ibuprofen,

THIS WORLD of OURS By Bob Harwood   Our time in Russia in September gave us new perspectives on yet another corner of this world of ours. The West has tended to focus myopically on the Cold War and Communist eras, brief blips in the complex history of a vast country fronting on three oceans

OF FAITH AND FABLES By Bob Haynes A Matter Of Perseverance   The Apostle Paul wrote these words in the third chapter of Philippians: “One thing I always do. Forgetting the past and straining toward what is ahead, I keep trying to reach the goal and get the prize for which God called me through

Wondrous Wildlife By Vern and Lori Gieger They Live Where?   Mexico has some amazing wildlife. Many species of mammals live near rivers and lakes. When we think of aquatic mammals we usually think of beavers, muskrats, or perhaps even raccoons but not this species. When most think of an opossum we think of the

Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan,MA, LPC, MAC How Sweet It Is!   ‘Tis the se ason – for excesses of all sorts, especially sweets, as well as erratic schedules and irregular meals. All prime ingredients for hypo­glycemia and its myriad effects on your body. Hypoglycemia occurs when blood sugar falls below normal levels. It

BRIDGE BY THE LAKE By Ken Masson   Can you picture a bridge hand where you will likely make 6 No Trump if you bid it but go down if you only bid 3 No Trump? This month’s offering is such a paradox. When it popped up recently on an on-line bridge site, I imagined

Editor’s Page America: Tattered but not Destroyed   Once the most admired and influential country in the world, today it staggers from one crisis to the next. Granted that much of what ails it was brought on by a disastrous prior administration—but President Obama has not done enough in more than a year and a