OUR LITERARY AWARDS—CIRCA 2017 THE 23ND OJO AWARDS LUNCHEON Special Thanks to Mark Sconce and Olga Kaplounenko for providing the outstanding entertainment, and also to Roberto Ortiz for his supurb musical stylings. The latest luncheon which drew well over one hundred people was one of our best ever. To our winners—heartiest congratulations, and to the …
Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez The Greatest Novel Ever Written Hemingway thought Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn was one of the best novels ever written; others have thought it was Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, or Melville’s Moby Dick, Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, Tolstoy’s War and Peace, Jane Austen’s …
The Theft Of History By Kelly Hayes-Raitt Few places in the world have endured the carnage that Palmyra, Syria, has during its 5,000-year history. The ancient city’s towering gate and 375-columned colonnade have withstood massacres, marauders, an earthquake and centuries of sandstorms. Now the ruins of this former caravan trading hub are funding history’s …
Senescent Choices By John Thomas Dodds Life it seems is what I wake up with. All of a sudden it is today. Sure, I have a few aches and pains. Daily, my body expands and flattens, my feet grow wider as I shrink. Not going gently into the night bits and pieces fall apart, …
Road Trip Bread Crumbs By Teri Saya I often wonder what it would have been like to be a teenager or young adult here in Jalisco. How would the following story compare to a group of Mexican Jovenes? Here is a fictional story based on some of the fun and care-free road trips I …
Child Of The Month By Barb Corol Mariana Belen was born December 24, 2004 and lives with her parents and two siblings. She was referred to Niños Incapacitados by DID Jocotopec and accepted into the program in March 2017. In December 2016, Mariana was experiencing excruciating pains and rushed to the hospital. After undergoing an …
Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com Do I Have to Like Everybody? No. Of course not. That would be very unlikely, probably impossible. But I think it’s beside the point. I am a Unitarian Universalist. Of course I’ve heard all the Unitarian jokes centering around the idea that we don’t know what we believe. …
Focus on Art By Rob MohrA Review of The Long Journey Home*By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez “Journalism can never be silent … it must speak, and speak immediately, while claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.” —Albert Camus Every man and woman has a dream for their life, an …
The Battle Of Charlottesville By Mark Boyer They tried to manipulate their message and divert our attention to others. They said Muslims, Mexicans, Blacks, Native Americans, and LGBTQs were bad. They said our heroes weren’t really heroes. They said the poor and the helpless were cheaters and a burden. They said THEIR religion was …
Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Missing Mexico As I sit in my hotel room in Minnesota, I miss my Mexico so very much. Gone are the sweet brown faces that greet me each morning. I walk outside my door here, and there are no vecinos to wave to, to greet, to stop and …
