Huckleberry Finn: A Misunderstood Classic By Dr. Lorin Swinehart “Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.” Generations of parents, teachers and screenwriters have erroneously portrayed Mark Twain’s greatest classic as a children’s story. Containing thirteen killings and depicting the evils of slavery, racism, alcoholism, bigotry, child abuse and corruption, it hardly […]
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THE HUMMINGBIRDS—Past and Present By Tony Burton Pre-conquest Mexicans regarded the acrobatic hummingbird with a certain awe. In the Magliabecchiano Codex (dating from the mid-sixteenth century and now in Florence, Italy) an Indian artist depicts the god Quetzalcoatl with a feathered headdress, feeding at a tubular blossom protruding out of the headdress is a
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Sunday Best By Kathy Koches When I was a kid back in the ‘50’s, and we were going somewhere special, like out to dinner or to visit my relatives, we all dressed up in our “Sunday Best.” For my mother, sister and me, this meant pretty dresses with petticoats, black or white patent leather
The Ghosts Among Us By Fred Mittag “The Unkindest Cut of All” Farinelli (1705-1782) Viva ilcoltello! This was a frequent cry from audiences in Italy during the 18th and 19th centuries. It means “Hurray for the knife!” and refers to castrated opera celebrities. There was a Church ban against women singing in the choir,
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THE OJO INTERNET MAILBOX (Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issues.) RIDING OFF THE EDGE OF THE MAP Herbert W. Piekow Having read Riding Off the Edge of the Map I must completely agree with Mel Goldberg´s succinct and apt appraisal of this revealing book by David Bryen. ONCE UPON
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Editor’s Page Guest Editorial by David Pisarra(Reprinted by permission of the Santa Monica (Ca.)Daily Press.) Immigration Insanity Illegal immigrant. It’s an emotionally packed phrase. My entire life I’ve heard derogatory terms for people who cross our borders in the dead of night, or sneak in with less than official papers. Many of them come
THE AMERICAN SCHOOL: The Scholastic “Pearl of the West” By Sofia Benitez You wouldn’t guess it from looking at its weathered stone walls, but there’s a haven of learning inside this one city block enclosure in Colonia Providencia. Buoyant with the exuberant nature that characterizes the city, The American School Foundation of Guadalajara, A.C.
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Savor Of Fig By Rob Mohr Verna waits for him. Her body trembles in anticipation. She gasps for breath – then is still. He will come soon. In the cool of the late afternoon Peter maneuvers his 1958 Porsche into his narrow parking slot. He opens his car door slamming it into the new
DEAR PORTIA —Advice to the Lovelorn, the Overfed andThe Deeply Disgruntled (Ed. Note: The Portia column has become one of our publication´s most controversial. Some people despise it, others are vastly amused. A few folks—including “Portia” herself—think she is sadly misunderstood. Hence, hoping to discover this acerbic lady’s more compassionate side, we elicited her
Once Upon A Time . . . By Herbert W. Piekow The green-eyed Jesuit priest Father Bernardo came into Filomina´s life shortly after the death of both her parents, in the fall of 1925. At the time Filomina was married to the priest´s older brother Rafa. Rafa sat at the dining table, his muddy
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