The Irish Soldiers Of Mexico By Dr. Michael HoganReviewed by Jim Tuck At long last—a book that treats the tragic story of Irish soldiers who deserted to the enemy during the Mexican-American War as neither hagiographic soap opera (brave Catholic soldiers aiding an embattled Catholic nation) nor a Manifest Destiny morality play (traitors getting […]
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Albert Cashier’s Secret By Robert James Taylor On August 6th 1862, a young man enlisted in the Union Army in Belvidere Illinois. He was short for a soldier, only 5ft 3in, but his size did not hold him back; he served with great bravery, witnessed by his fellow soldiers, and he signed on for
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Three Score… And More By Ed Tasca Just about every retiree here in Ajijic knows what it’s like to hit sixty. It’s the milestone. And it’s like walking into that milestone. It hurts. For some, it feels like the first gentle transformative step into the hereafter. And so every time they get heartburn, it’s
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The Time To Be Good By Judy Dykstra-Brown “The” is the most frequently used word in the English language and each of the other words in my title is the most common word in the English language for its part of speech. This is no surprise for the word “the. “The” creates specificity. It
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Life Ongoing By Christy Wiseman I loved watching the royal wedding and seeing all the details that had been so carefully planned and which were so perfectly executed. One joyous day in front of millions, how refreshing! After so many years of vilification, having Prince Charles escort Meghan Markle down the aisle was a nice touch. Charles
Editor’s Page Guest Editorial by Fred Mittag Shame On The Cowards! The script for Congressional Cowards after a shooting massacre: Speaker Paul Ryan has already said, true to the playbook, that we shouldn’t rush to conclusions, that we need to get the facts. He said that now is not the time to politicize the
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On Becoming A Canadian By Neil McKinnon A recent newspaper carried an item about new Canadians complaining that their citizenship test had been too difficult, that even people born and raised in Canada would not be able to answer the questions. New Canadian, Aristotle “Limey” Woo-Alley-Sing agrees. “Even people born and raised in Canada
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The Maligned Art Of Namedropping By Jim Tuck Try to remember the last time you heard someone favorably referred to as a name-dropper. It’s a melancholy fact that on any scale of social approval the term ranks somewhere between “pickpocket” and “con man.” Attempting to cast light where heat has so long prevailed, allow
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May 13—Not A Day To Celebrate By Mel Goldberg Mexicans celebrate Independence Day on September 16, the day in 1810 when Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the bell of his little church, issued his famous Grito de Dolores, and called for independence from Spain. When Spain signed the Treaty of Córdoba on September
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ADIOS TO THE COAST—and the long, hot summer By Chuck Poulsen It was August in the Pacific coastal town of Playa los Cocos. The heat and humidity – those siblings of misery – were neck and neck at 94 and racing higher. I was on the roof of my house and involved in the
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