Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez For more editorials, visit: http://thedarksideofthedream.com Follow the Money! Good movies can not only be highly entertaining, but instructive, as well. A recent viewing of All the President’s Men, the 1974 Robert Redford/Dustin Hoffman movie about the two young reporters with the Washington Post whose investigative skills would eventually bring down […]
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EL OJO DEL LAGO—In the beginning were the words By Dale Hoyt Palfrey (Originally published in September 1994) In 1984, a new wave of foreign residents descended on the sunny shores of Lake Chapala. Among the new arrivals were June and Cody Summers. Curious to know more about the area, June asked local realtor
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“Normal Muslims” And The Paris Assassins By Kenneth G. Crosby A commentator on CNN, addressing the hideous assassinations in Paris, said that in reacting to them we non-Muslims must be careful not to foment a backlash against “normal Muslims.” Who are “normal Muslims”? They must be those who believe and act as the commentator
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Making Tequila The Siete Leguas tequila distillery is located in Atotonilco El Alto, about two hours’ drive east of Guadalajara, and this family-owned distillery drips with tradition and pride. Although most well-known tequila brands are now owned by multinational corporations, more than 100 distilleries still make nearly 1,000 brands
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Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com Are We Headed for a Technological Dystopia? We have often envisioned a time when we would have to endure a world taken over by technology. Such has been the theme of much science-fiction literature and films. Fritz Lang’s Metropolis envisioned a holocaust-like underworld where workers were subservient to
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Growing Old Courtesy of Jim Cook Most seniors never get enough exercise. In His wisdom God decreed that seniors become forgetful so they would have to search for their glasses, keys and other things thus doing more walking. And God looked down and saw that it was good. Then God saw there was another
America Is One Mixed-Up Word! By G.T. Finlay Few words in the English language have such a diverse meaning and emotion as “America” when used as a substitute for the U.S. As recently as 1991, Webster’s dictionary defined America as “the two continents of North and South America extending from” etc. And that was
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I See Things The two of blue is one and the light in the right has gone The day no longer exists to cast long shadows So I hold onto the memory of beauty that it did see And hence the left it holds the key To focus not on thee But things that
Front Row Center By Michael Warren The Dixie Swim ClubBy Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie WootenDirected by Barbara Clippinger These authors worked together on TV’s “Golden Girls” and there is a sitcom quality about the cute one-liners in this play about female friendship. The five characters came together as members of the college swim
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Red Bird A red bird sits alone on a branch, he sits alone, he does not sing. It is a moment lost in time black branch blue sky red bird. There is no fruit upon the branch, only a cankered pod a knot of wood and a bright red bird who sits alone
