September 2012

AMBROSE BIERCE—Vanished into Mexico in 1913

AMBROSE BIERCE—Vanished into Mexico in 1913 By Dr. Lorin Swinehart   Mexico was swept by violence in 1913, as forces loyal to President Victoriano Huerta battled insurgents, led by Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa. Into the cauldron of conspiracy and violence strode Ambrose Bierce, one of America’s most prominent journalists and the author of such

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THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION—Possibly the most important ever in the history of the USA!

THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION—Possibly the most important ever in the history of the USA! By John de Waal, MBA.   Compromise is dead in Washington! The Republicans have produced a divided government, complete gridlock and widen ideological gaps on financial stabilization and economic recovery, on deficits and debt, on climate change and on health-care reform. 

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The Third Ethnic Root of the “La Raza Mexicana”

The Third Ethnic Root of the “La Raza Mexicana” By Rick Rhoda     Some Mexican Mestizos refer to themselves as “La Raza” literally “the race.”  “Dia de la Raza” is celebrated on Columbus Day (October 12) as the day indigenous Mexicans started their resistance against the European invasion.   The term “La Raza” derives from

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Lakeside Living – September 2012

LAKESIDE LIVING Tod Jonson   todoflcs3@yahoo.com Barbara Clippinger clippy1020@gmail.com September 2012 SEPTEMBER is one of the shorter months of the year, only 30 days, but  it contains four vividly memorable dates in history:   LABOR DAY WEEKEND, MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY (9/16),…. AND no one will ever forget 9/11 and the TWIN TOWERS (another day of infamy), and last, but not least for those of us old enough

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