Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Robert McNamara and the Vietnam War The late Robert McNamara’s best-selling book, In Retrospect, recently went into another printing, which has prompted us to republish our review of the book which originally ran soon after its initial release. The lessons of the Vietnam War are especially relevant now, as […]
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Who Is This Jesus? By Dr. Lorin Swinehart Each year at this time, we celebrate his birth, but it seems that his message has been lost amidst all the frenzied commercialism. We know the basics: that he was born, was baptized by John the Baptist, that his ministry probably lasted about three and a
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Global Warming By John de Waal The Met Office and Climatic Research Unit at Britain’s University of East Anglia reported that the Earth’s average temperature has increased by 1-degree C (1.8 F). The world’s biggest network of sensors that measure the constituents of the Earth’s atmosphere, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) that has been
Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Old Shanghai The Old City of Shanghai stands on the site of a small ancient settlement which first came to prominence when upstream silting forced the move of dock and market activities downstream in the 12th and 13th centuries. Shanghai soon became one of seven ports of entry designated
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Front Row Center By Michael Warren OUTSIDE MULLINGARBy John Patrick ShanleyDirected By Ann Swiston This play ran briefly on Broadway in 2014, and was nominated for a Tony Award in that year. Shanley is a talented playwright, best known as the author of Doubt – an intense and thought-provoking play which was well performed
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Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com When We Are Right Finally, finally the interminable election season in the United States has ended. It was worse than usual. Thank goodness it is over, at least for the time being. I am particularly concerned with the lack of comity on both sides. The election may have
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Child Of The Month By Nicole Sergent, Clinic Director Carla Estefania C.S. Carla was born in 2014. She was born with an imperforated anus and had a colostomy soon after birth. She was found to have allergies to dairy and needed special formulas, the family came to our Chapala Clinic in November 2014 as
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Emigration Vs. Immigration By Roger Johnson To emigrate is to leave one’s country to live in another. To immigrate is to come from another country to live permanently. A fine line but perhaps an even larger, more encompassing word that covers this all is change. To leave one’s way of life and adopt another
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Focus on Art By Rob Mohr “Alice was through the glass, and had jumped lightly down into the looking glass room.” Lewis Carroll—Through the Looking Glass The rich metaphorical stories by Lewis Carroll give the reader new understandings concerning the worlds created by artists through artifacts and performances. Art makes hidden worlds manifest through
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Anita’s Animals By Jackie Kellum All of us will be busy in the next few weeks with holiday activities – going places, gathering with friends, eating delicious food, buying gifts, and hopefully pausing long enough to appreciate what we have in our lives. During this time, do think about those who may not be
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