FROM MY TROPICAL DECK CHAIR By “Consuelo” I have a confession to make. I have never read ‘War and Peace’. I have never read ‘Remembrance of Things Past’. I have never read ‘A Hundred Years of Solitude’. Don’t you think that retirement in Mexico, with its de rigeur daily siesta and the open hole […]
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“Goons In Suits” By Fred Mittag The Mexican government issued a traveler’s warning to Mexicans not to go to Arizona because of the new immigration law. Boycotts threaten the city of Phoenix alone with a loss of $90 million dollars. But cries of racial profiling have been stoutly denied, although not uniformly. Governor Jan Brewer
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THE DANCING BULL By Bob Tennison Ferdinand, Ferdinand, the bull with the delicate ego,Ferdinand, Ferdinand, the heifers all called him Amigo.Ferdinand, Ferdinand, he’d curtsy and be very polite.Well, he learned how to tango and dance the fandango,But, he never would learn how to fight. His mother, Carmen Bull, knew he was different, but she
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Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art the dog guy I t’s said that the only thing two dog trainers can agree on is that the third guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. That being the case let me share with you some of the basics that work for me These are four
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MY COUNTRY ‘TIS OF THEE, WHO? By Roger Johnson Politicians are clamoring to tell us how we need to change the way we are being governed and that we should pick them because they know how to do it. It’s not of course just a United States problem. Just what is a good country?
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The Right To Die By Rosemary Dineen It’s alright to die Bodies come and bodies go It’s alright to die It just might make you feel better ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We whine and grouse, fuss and fret Stretching, exercising, yogaing and yet Why don’t we just kick back, relax Let it happen, yes own Death.
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The Israeli Side By Peter Rosenberg This is a direct dispute to the article written by Bob Harwood on The Israeli Palestinian Conflict that was published in the Ojo, April issue. He claims that people are scared to critique Israel as it may be deemed anti-Semitism but that is exactly what his preposterous story
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Sir: The pope went to Portugal and prayed for priests not to “fall short of their sublime vocation or succumb to the temptations of the evil one.” Some observations: 1. If the vocation is “sublime,” it shouldn’t need prayer to save it from sin. 2. I suppose the pope
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JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE WORLDPart 5 By Carol L. BowmanPhoto by Ernie Sower Climbing Cape Horn The ship’s blast sounded as we entered the channel surrounding Hornos Island at dawn. At last night’s briefing, the lead naturalist spelled out the sobering facts. “We never know if we can make a safe landing
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The Continuing Adventures of Mildred and Suzette… By Katie B. Goode The Reluctant Cougar Suzette sighed as Eduardo walked away from their table, the heat melding his once crisp shirt to his taut muscles. “Did you ever think about dating a younger man?” Mildred asked, trying to remember if her husband, George, ever had
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