Articles 2010

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 […]

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?

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.

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

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

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

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

MY KID COULD HAVE PAINTED THAT!(Or Understanding Abstract Art) By Mary Roam   Acolorful and outspoken artist has come back, and more of her startlingly vibrant abstract paintings are likely to be seen around the area. Many already hang in homes here. Julie Elizabeth Mignard says she feels more at home here than in the

A PILLOW STUFFED WITH DIAMONDS By Margaret Van EveryLibrophilia 2010  150 pesosReview by Karen McConnaughey   Jim Tipton says in his introduction to Margaret Van Every’s delightful book of poems, “Those of us who love poetry have something else to celebrate this year… Margaret’s…collection of tanka, A Pillow Stuffed with Diamonds, [is] a remarkable collection

THE DANGER THAT IS RELIGION By John de Waal “The scriptures are infallible. They are the word of God!”   Because of their inflexible belief, religions cannot admit to even the possibility of being in error, though most are based on the limited wisdom of two thousand some years ago. The books are written in