DECEMBER 14, 2012: The Slaughter Of Holy Infants Latest Outrage Stimulates Debate Over Preventative Measures By Dr. Lorin Swinehart As we lament the recent murder of 27 people, 20 of them innocent first graders, we are all asking ourselves what could have been done to prevent this horror, what can be done to forestall […]
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ANYTHING YOU CAN DO(They can do better!) By Tom Clarkson You know the sort, it may be a brother-in-law, next door neighbor or that particularly irritating high school bully who has gone badly to seed. Several years ago, while flying home, trapped at an altitude of 39,000 feet, one such person sat next to
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The Haiku Pathway By Mel Goldberg “When you travel to New Zealand, be sure to visit the Haiku Pathway.” These words were emailed to me by Beverley George, the editor of the Australian haiku magazine Eucalypt in which several of my haiku have been published. As the author of a book of haiku,
Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Anatomy of a Masterpiece The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is my favorite movie; probably seen it more than thirty times. It is, of course, considered one of the finest films ever made. But thirty times?! Obviously, there must be something about it that strums almost every string on
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Niños Incapacitados can now provide tax receipts to Canadian donors Niños Incapacitados has signed a unique tripartite agreement that enables them to provide tax receipts for Canadian donations through an exciting collaboration with Save the Children Canada and Save the Children Mexico. Currently, the Canada Revenue Agency does not permit tax deductions for
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HARRY TRUMANThe Man Who Saved Western Civilization By Dr. Lorin Swinehart By July 1, 1990, the Berlin Wall had tumbled down, its component parts being sold off as souvenirs. Germany was united for the first time since 1945, and the containment policy of President Harry S Truman was vindicated. Sir Winston Churchill told President
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Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com Over-Diagnosis: Treating the Healthy? Many of us have had the uncomfortable experience of going to the doctor for routine laboratory tests and discovering that we have “abnormal” results. In other words, when we went in we felt fine and seemed well, but we discovered that we were indeed
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson One of the great attractions of bridge is that no matter how much you play the game you are highly unlikely to ever see the same deal twice and there is always a new challenge to overcome. This intriguing hand was played in a match-point game at
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The Woman Who Thought She Loved Men By Zofia BarisasReviewed by Rob Mohr The heroine reflects, “While my mind dwelled on bitter-sweet memories of people and events long gone … the present continuously presented diversions to show the relativity of the importance of my life … I was constantly reminded of the vastness of
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Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan, MA, LPC, MAC Progress Not Perfection Setting high goals for yourself and wanting to be successful are admirable qualities. Being a high achiever is laudable, but if you’re never satisfied with anything less than perfection, you set yourself up for continual frustration, unhappiness, and disappointment. The seeds of
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