Gay people have been loathed, tortured, and executed by their governments. Iran, for example, regularly hangs gays—including teenagers. Gay teenagers take their lives at four times the rate of their peers. LGBT youth are not inherently more prone to suicide. It’s a reaction to stress put on them by society. Many contentious school board meetings […]
Helen Gallegher shares the delightful performance of the Lake Chapala Orchestra and their Standing Ovation under the watchful eyes of conductor Harry Reason.
On September the 8th, 2022, the longest reigning British monarchy came to an end when Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She fulfilled her commitment to the United Kingdom and the members of the Commonwealth nations, by keeping that pledge, “I declare before you all that my whole life,
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Longtime Guadalajara and Lakeside resident Gloria Palazzo passed away at the Casa Nostra nursing home on Friday, August 12, 2022. She was a talented writer known for her wit and unique point of view as well as an artist working in various medias. She is survived by her three sons, Steven, Robert and John Schussler. Gloria
I still remember all the comic books I had as a kid. In every comic, after Dick Tracy used his magic two-way watch to defeat the villain, after Superman saved the damsel from falling off a rooftop, I would turn to the last page to see some skinny kid with his girlfriend at the beach
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This month’s column is dedicated to the memory of Jeremy Monroe, who died Thursday, August 12, 2021, the result of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was born in Chicago December 6, 1939, and lived many lives. He was a banker and a lawyer but his card only said poet. Jeremy moved to Lakeside in 2012
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Letters Editor, Victoria Schmidt, El Ojo editor-in-chief and author of “One Nation?” article in her column “Editor’s Page” says “I have long been a proponent of a law that requires every citizen to vote.” How would such a law work? I assume she is excluding underage citizens and others who, under current law, are not
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After a long hiatus due to COVID, the Awards are making their return! Our last awards luncheon was in September of 2019. Anyone who has been published from September 2019 to September 2022 is invited to attend and bring a guest. We will have a few more categories, but we will only be awarding a
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Imagine, for a moment, hiking in stiletto heels. Or tap dancing in flip-flops. Or playing ice hockey in ballet slippers. Common sense says the inappropriate footwear would be counter-productive and could invite accidents. Now, imagine exiting a building in hiking boots, descending the first set of steps and, to avoid a second set, you take
When the phone rang at 5:30 in the morning, I woke up immediately and a pall seemed to settle over me. I silently prayed, “Please don’t let it be about John,” but in my heart I knew it was. My daughter Julie was calling. She had been checking on her brother while Tom and I
