“Agreement And Disagreement” By Fred Mittag Kenneth Crosby, in his article “Normal Muslims and the Paris Assassins” (May Ojo, 2015), emphasizes the sacred scripture of both the Bible and the Koran as authentic guides to the practice of religion. Those ancient scriptures, however, are too contradictory to provide reliable guidance. Instead, religious practice is […]
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Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hessartthedogguy@yahoo.com Can a dog really understand English words? Yes… if you link the words to the appropriate object or action. Dogs can learn language just like infants do. You hold up a teddy bear and say “teddy” to your infant over and over and soon he associates
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Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Three Seasons People who make Lakeside their permanent home, soon learn about the “low season” and the “high season.” Which are the hands on our community clock. In the upper Midwest of the USA, we joked that we had only two seasons: Winter and construction. Here, the population
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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor. I’m writing to tell you that your May publication of the Ojo was the best I’ve read in my 10 years at the Lakeside. From your insightful Editor’s Page about global warming “Follow the Money!”, Ken Crosby’s erudite essay on “Normal Muslims,” Bill Frayer’s article about “Technological Dystopia,” G.T. Finlay’s informed
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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
