Articles 2016

Letters to the Editor   Dear sir: Your August editorial invites a response on many levels, In South Africa, my country of birth, where I grew up during the height of the Apartheid movement, it was the liberal leaders and the white women of the Black Sash movement who worked tirelessly and bravely to oppose […]

Crying Shame By Margaret Van Every   I was born, like the rest of us, letting loose the lusty first cries of life . . . only I kept crying long after most babies calm down because I had colic. I cried so much my parents were evicted from their apartment. The wisdom of the

Where Are My Car Keys? By Kay Davis   He had been gone for several days to join his family in celebration of his mother’s 88th birthday. The flight had kept him going one way or another for 14 hours without food or time between flight connections to buy a meal. In fact he had

Front Row Center By Michael Warren Season 52 at the Lakeside Little Theatre   Here we are again – the beginning of another season at LLT. This year there is a fundraiser Mark Twain, Uncensored opening on August 23, written by local writer Ed Tasca (who also stars.) For the first time in many years,

Check Your Docs By Libby Colterjohn     We have entered a new era of Mexican officialdom which needs to be respected and adhered to exactly. All government computers are being brought up to date with software that detects the slightest error or discrepancy in information. No mordida or argument will get around these. You

Grandpa’s Coin By Alexsi Currier     Grandpa’s coin purse came from the leather maker’s shop on the corner of Engle Strasse, in our little Black Forest village. When he flipped the shovel-like cover open and let the coins spill into it, an inside flap and pouch was revealed. This Spring I was with him

Facing Fear By Kathy Koches     Drench in sweat, trembling, with my heart beating wildly, I awoke about 3am a few nights ago. It was just a nightmare, which I rarely have, and fortunately I did not really remember what had caused me to be so terrified. But on some unconscious level, I was

CANADIAN MINING CEO—Gives Back To Mexico! By Dudley Pierce Bakerhttp://JuniorMiningNews.comhttp://CommonStockWarrants.com   I have known Andrew Thomson from Toronto Ontario, Canada for several years, having met him as CEO of Soltoro Ltd. which was then trading on the Toronto Venture Exchange, TSXV:SOL. Soltoro’s exploration properties were located in the State of Jalisco and the company was sold to