Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez For Greater Glory (La Cristiada) A movie dramatizing the Cristero Rebellion opened recently in Mexico. The film, mainly shot in Mexico, features several well-known Hispanic actors such as Andy Garcia, Santiago Cabrera and Eva Longoria and deals with one of the dramatic moments in Mexican history, would be […]
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THE GIANT WORE SILK By Ed Lusch Anthropologists will tell you that one common denominator existing in the history of all cultures is a preponderance of myth and legend. We have all heard of many of them: leprechauns, Yeti, Loch Ness Monster, Atlantis, gods and goddesses, stories from religious text and the list, of
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LESSONS FROM A GRIEF DIARY: Rebuilding Your Life after the Death of a Loved One Written by Judy Dykstra Brown and Dr. Anthony Moriarty Reviewed by Harriet Hart Poised to begin the perfect retirement in Mexico, Bob Brown was diagnosed with cancer and given less than a year to live. He died three weeks
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Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayer billfrayer@gmail.com Is Coercive Paternalism Ever Justified? My friend, Luis Romero, recently sent me a copy of a book review from the New York Review of Books, thinking I might find the subject interesting. The book Against Autonomy, by Sarah Conly, argues that government and other organizations are sometimes
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BRIDGE BY THE LAKE By Ken Masson One of the most common adages at bridge is: “Against a no trump contract, lead fourth best from your longest and strongest suit.” I would agree with that in principle but would add “with some exceptions”. One of those exceptions occurred in the illustrated hand. North dealt
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Letter’s to the Editor Dear Editor: With regard to “The Last King of Mexico,” written by Dr. Lorin Swinehart (March 2013 edition), I have just one point to clarify. As a native Texan, somewhat familiar with that state’s history, I question the statement, “There followed [after Mexico won its independence from
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Joyful MusingsBy Joy Birnbach Dunstan, MA, LPC, MAC I’ll Do It Mañana I wish I had a list of all those things I keep meaning to get done but somehow never quite get to. Maybe with a list to look at each morning I’d consider my options and select something to accomplish that day.
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TECUMSEH—Native American Hero/Defender of Canada By Dr. Lorin Swinehart On the night of March 9, l768, a great meteor streaked across the skies of southern Ohio, heralding the birth of the great Shawnee leader Tecumseh on the banks of a spring near the village of Chalahgawth, not far from the Little Miami
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Welcome to Mexico!By Victoria Schmidt House Calls One of the great things I love about Mexico is that medical doctors make house calls. Oh, they all have their offices and appointments are the norm. But there are doctors in Mexico who understand the concept of simply being too sick to go to the doctor.
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Remembering Robert Kleffel Robert Kleffel, a beloved member of our community at Lakeside, passed away on April 4th at the age of 78. A native of Los Angeles California, Robert attended UCLA where he graduated with a degree in business. Until 1980 he lived in Santa Monica where he taught business courses at
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