Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez (Given what recently took place at the last NATO meetings in Europe, we thought the republication of the following editorial might be especially relevant, in that almost every member country of that organization was with the Allies, one way or another, in the invasion of Normandy.) The Day the […]
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Beauty Is Sovereign By Mark Sconce A cartoon some years ago from England depicted a field trip of sorts; a teacher and his flock of adolescent boys in their public school uniforms peering through a museum window. At least the teacher was peering. The boys’ collective gaze was fastened instead on a beautiful, elegant
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When Dawn Breaks Acrossthe Stillness of the Night By John Thomas Dodds When dawn breaks across the stillness of the night, and daylight filters through dreams of all we have pleasured and pained, we are there for each other unboundedly wrapped in arms and legs, anchored to the soft and wonderful, a wedded link
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Chinese Buddhism & Jade Buddha Temple Like the Yu Garden, Shanghai’s Jade Buddha Temple is an island of tranquility in an urban sea. Here, though, it is the worshipers – rather than nature – which infuse it with a palpable spirituality. The Temple sits on an otherwise obscure side street
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Child Of The Month By Nicole Sergent, Clinic DirectorPrograma Pro Nińos Incapacitados Karen R. S. Karen is going to be 16 years old in September. She has had convulsions since a young age and was diagnosed with Epilepsy. Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder and affects people of all ages. Epilepsy means
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Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com The Dark Side of Populism Although several European populist right wing candidates have lost the recent elections, populism is alive and well in the West. Undergirding the populist appeal is the idea that experts are to blame for many of our contemporary problems. When people consider the consequences
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Carlota—Mexico´s Lost Empress By Morgan Bedford (Ed. Note: Given the recent publicity about the book Lincoln and Mexico, we thought it appropriate to re-publish an Ojo article about one of the major personages from that tumultuous time in Mexican history.) She had many names and titles, but the one that has gone down in
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Famous Dogs By Robert James Taylor Throughout the annals of history, dogs have been closely associated with the human race all over the world, in so many forms, often beloved as “man’s best friend.” How many times have we heard the words, dedicated, faithful, loyal, brave, endurance in stories about dogs, especially rescue dogs,
Forever Young Traveling abroad, the south of France, I met a woman, quite by chance, a château high upon a hill, a sunny day, just a chill. An afternoon, a brief repast a time to rest, respite at last. A cup of tea, a room to hire discourse beside a roaring fire. Two glasses,
The Ghosts Among Us By Fred Mittag “José Enrique de la Peña” The 200 defenders of the Alamo, highly romanticized, including a film by John Wayne, also comprised a dozen Mexican nationals called Tejanos. They wanted to restore the liberal Mexican 1824 Constitution. Texas did not declare independence until the defenders were already in
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