How the U.S. Can Stop ISIS – Peacefully By Kelly Hayes-Raitt Before the U.S. commits to a “limited,” “support troop” reinvasion of Iraq, can we please hit the pause button and consider non-military options? Yes, ISIS is a brutal offshoot of al-Qaeda that stretches from the Mediterranean in northwest Syria to the Persian Gulf in […]
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Return To Sender By Bernie Suttle Out of the universe, beyond time, just outside man’s conception was the virtual office. “Good morning, Sir. Another nice day.” “Of course it is Gabe. Anything new happening down below?” “Not really; same as before”. “Give me a rundown”. “Five full-fledged wars, two broken truces with fighting, three
IN MEMORIAM—William Henry Merritt— Bill Merritt died on March 25, 2014 in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the age of 67. Bill was a 12-year resident of Ajijic and had returned to Canada two years ago to receive treatment for a long-enduring battle with brain cancer. In this respect Bill was a 21 year survivor and
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A True Dog Story Courtesy of John Ward James Crane worked on the 101st floor of Tower 1 of the World Trade Center. He was blind so he had a golden retriever seeing-eye dog named Daisy. After the plane hit 20 stories below, James knew that he was doomed, so he let Daisy go,
Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Slam hands crop up relatively infrequently so it is important not to miss those that do come your way. Alas, the North South pairs in the diagrammed deal let a golden opportunity slip by when this hand was played in a Toronto area bridge club. North certainly
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Letters to the Editor Dear Sir: I’m really, really late in dropping you a line to tell you about some gratifying results that came La Ola’s way because of the article that you and Herbert collaborated on. You may recall that at the time of the article La Ola (Ojo cover story-“This House is
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Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt He Who Walks Along I see him every single day walking down one side of the carretera or the other. He is always in motion, with a sort of awkward gait that is punctuated as he limps as he places his damaged right leg ahead. It seems as
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Dark Shadows By Bob Koches How to start this story? Because it is about evil…and how many of you have faced evil? I don’t mean the normal, every day type of bad things that happen to everyone, but the evil that raises the hair on the back of your neck, and makes you turn
Letters To The Editor Dear Sir: I came across a July issue of “Ojo del Lago” and decided to look at what was inside. I saw a letter to the editor written by Ed Knudson that was shocking, to say the least. He attacked some fellow named Robert L. Nipper for an article Mr.
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IN MEMORIAM—Valerie M. Siegel— Valerie L. Siegel, 70, died on July 3, 2014. She was born to Carl and Ruth Rose in Charleston, WV on October 9, 1943. She was preceded in death by her father Carl Rose in 1993; her husband and the greatest love of her life, Harold Aryai Siegel in 1999;
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