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Editor’s Page
By Victoria A. Schmidt
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| April 2022 |
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| March 2022 |
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| February 2022 |
Trying a different tactic |
| January 2022 |
Editor’s Page Guest Editorial By Sally Asante |
| December 2021 |
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| November 2021 |
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| October 2021 |
Insurance Miseries |
| September 2021 |
Make time while you have the time |
| August 2021 |
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| July 2021 |
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| June 2021 |
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| May 2021 |
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| April 2021 |
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| March 2021 |
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| February 2021 |
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| January 2021 |
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| December 2020 |
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| November 2020 |
Editor’s Page |
| October 2020 |
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| September 2020 |
And now, the News
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| August 2020 |
Editor’s Page |
| July 2020 |
A Perfect Storm
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| June 2020 |
Thanks For The Memories
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| May 2020 |
Only Nine Little Words |
| April 2020 |
The Curious Case of John Kennedy... O’Toole |
| March 2020 |
The Freshman Rebellion |
| February 2020 |
Remembering the “World’s Greatest Athlete”
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| January 2020 |
THE ZIMMERMAN COMMUNIQUE
—One of History’s Most Fascinating Moments— |
| December 2019 |
Editor’s Page
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| November 2019 |
FRANCES PERKINS
—Champion of the American Working Class— |
| October 2019 |
Forget the Facts, Print the Legend!
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| September 2019 |
The Manchurian Candidate
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| August 2019 |
Why Do They Come to America?
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| July 2019 |
THE JFK ASSASSINATION—Revisited |
| June 2019 |
Emergency at the Border? |
| May 2019 |
“SOCIALISM”—With a Personal |
| April 2019 |
Editor’s Page
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| March 2019 |
The Wit and Wisdom of George S. Kaufman
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| February 2019 |
A Brief History of Mexican Migration
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| January 2019 |
JAMES HILTON—The Man with the Magic
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| December 2018 |
A Mexican Christmas Story |
| November 2018 |
Reform Or Wither Away |
| October 2018 |
About Canada and Canadians
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| September 2018 |
RONALD REAGAN— Actor!? |
| August 2018 |
There is something rotten in Helsinki |
| July 2018 |
The Genesis Of An Historical Novel |
| June 2018 |
Remembering my “Jewish” Mexican Mother |
| May 2018 |
Shame On The Cowards! |
| April 2018 |
Ajijic—The Movie! |
| March 2018 |
Trump’s Most Dangerous Mistake |
| February 2018 |
The Maid’s Maid |
| January 2018 |
The Mexican-American Soldier in WWII |
| December 2017 |
DOG FIGHTING—A Continuing Blot on Our Conscience |
| November 2017 |
Lincoln and Chronic Depression |
| October 2017 |
The Greatest Novel Ever Written |
| September 2017 |
Justice Deferred But Not Forgotten |
| August 2017 |
Normalizing Incivility |
| July 2017 |
The Day the World Held Its Breath |
| June 2017 |
Tuesdays With Morrie |
| May 2017 |
Ayn Rand’s Death Grip On U.S. Politics |
| April 2017 |
Liberal Or Conservative? |
| March 2017 |
CELSITO—A Prince Amongst Paupers
—An Immigration Story of Sorts— |
| February 2017 |
Forget the Facts, Print the Legend! |
| January 2017 |
Only Nine Little Words |
| December 2016 |
Robert McNamara and the Vietnam War |
| November 2016 |
America’s Scary Flirtation with Trump |
| October 2016 |
Ah, Persistence! |
| September 2016 |
Definitions and Delusions - Am I a Closet Liberal? |
| August 2016 |
Defining “Definitions” |
| July 2016 |
Say What! Weed Legalization in Mexico? |
| June 2016 |
Sky High |
| May 2016 |
Reversing The Trend |
| April 2016 |
Church And State |
| March 2016 |
A Sage for All Seasons |
| February 2016 |
Political Hysteria |
| January 2016 |
The Particular Value of Pathfinders |
| December 2015 |
A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT: The Later Years—Delight Or Depression?
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| November 2015 |
Hooray for Hollyweird |
| October 2015 |
Courts Don’t Treat Male Rape Victims Equally– But They Should! |
| September 2015 |
The Best Time to Have Come of Age! |
| August 2015 |
Justice Deferred, Yet Not Forgotten |
| July 2015 |
Famous Last Words By Some Famous Folks |
| June 2015 |
The Day the Entire World Held Its Breath
(Reprinted by Request) |
| May 2015 |
Follow the Money!
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| April 2015 |
A Wonderful Writer Once In Our Midst (II)
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| March 2015 |
A Wonderful Writer Once In Our Midst - Part One
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| February 2015 |
RONALD REAGAN—An Actor!? |
| January 2015 |
We’re Off to See the Wizard! |
| December 2014 |
A Brief History Of Mexican Migration |
| November 2014 |
The Biggest Little Man In Mexico |
| October 2014 |
Rage In America |
| September 2014 |
Robin Williams—The Pagliacci of Comedy |
| August 2014 |
“The Iron Horse” |
| July 2014 |
OSCAR LEVANT—The Irreverent Genius |
| June 2014 |
So Whatever Happened . . .? |
| May 2014 |
OUR AMERICA—A Hispanic History of the United States |
| April 2014 |
The Screen’s Greatest Performance |
| March 2014 |
“Is this crazy, or what?!” |
| February 2014 |
You’ve Come a Long Way, Nena! |
| January 2014 |
WILDLIFE CRIME—A Moral Outrage! |
| December 2013 |
The Bottom Line |
| November 2013 |
The Little Lady Who Made Publishing History |
| October 2013 |
Que le vaya bien! |
| September 2013 |
Immigration Insanity |
| August 2013 |
The Mariachi Kid |
| July 2013 |
EDGAR CAYCE—America’s Sleeping Prophet |
| June 2013 |
Mexico’s Middle Class |
| May 2013 |
For Greater Glory (La Cristiada) |
| April 2013 |
My Most Unusual Experience |
| March 2013 |
Canada and the USA |
| February 2013 |
Urban Gunslingers |
| January 2013 |
Anatomy of a Masterpiece |
| December 2012 |
World-Wide Slave Traffic |
| November 2012 |
Escape To Mexico |
| October 2012 |
Mexico’s Most Mysterious Man |
| September 2012 |
On Being Exceptional |
| August 2012 |
WARREN BUFFETT—The Benevolent Billionaire |
| July 2012 |
The Unsung Mexican Heroes Of WWII |
| June 2012 |
Counter-Productive Conversation |
| May 2012 |
A WONDERFUL WRITER—Once in Our Midst |
| April 2012 |
CASABLANCA—The Making (and Near Un-Doing) of a Classic |
| March 2012 |
Careening Toward Catastrophe |
| February 2012 |
History’s Most Fascinating Fictional Hero |
| January 2012 |
The Biggest Little Man in Mexico |
| December 2011 |
My Most Embarrassing Moment |
| November 2011 |
Indefensible Defense Debits |
| October 2011 |
The Electrifying, Yet Stultifying Thomas Edison |
| September 2011 |
Okay, I Give Up! |
| August 2011 |
Uncle Sam Goes On Life-Support |
| July 2011 |
HEMINGWAY—Half a Century Later |
| June 2011 |
Ajijic Writers’ Group |
| May 2011 |
A Brief History of Work |
| April 2011 |
A Life Well-Justified |
| March 2011 |
The Power of Poetry |
| February 2011 |
An Astounding Man in an Astounding Century |
| January 2011 |
Emulate the Dogs, Please |
| December 2010 |
America: Tattered but not Destroyed |
| November 2010 |
“Bring ‘Em Home, Send ‘Em To College” |
| October 2010 |
Once There Was Camelot—American Style |
| September 2010 |
It’s A Fat, Fat, Fat, Fat World |
| August 2010 |
“MARK TWAIN —The Compassionate Cynic” |
| July 2010 |
Did I Remember to Tell You That I Forgot? |
| June 2010 |
Hanging with the Atheists |
| May 2010 |
The Church at the Crossroads |
| April 2010 |
The Mexican-American Soldier |
| March 2010 |
A Challenge To Think |
| February 2010 |
God Bless Our Four-legged Friends |
| January 2010 |
Corruption, Medieval Tribes, And Insurgency |
| December 2009 |
Remembering A Christmas Past—and Ray Rigby |
| November 2009 |
Medical Reform Or Medical Ruination? |
| October 2009 |
Guest Editorial |
| September 2009 |
Gossip-Mongering |
| August 2009 |
Why Mexico, You Ask!?! |
| July 2009 |
The Day the World Held Its Breath |
| June 2009 |
Ajijic—The Movie! |
| May 2009 |
Editor's Page |
| April 2009 |
The Screen’s Greatest Performance |
| March 2009 |
In Defense of Death |
| February 2009 |
Why Mexico, You Ask!?! |
| January 2009 |
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo—Revisited |
| December 2008 |
America’s Shameful Stain |
| November 2008 |
The Road Not Taken—But Still Remembered |
| October 2008 |
The Devil You Know is Better Than
the Devil You Don’t Know |
| September 2008 |
The 40th Anniversary of America’s Nervous Breakdown |
| August 2008 |
Among the Greatest Men of the 20th Century |
| July 2008 |
The Genesis of a Novel |
| June 2008 |
The Lakeside Little Theater
—A Few Personal Recollections |
| May 2008 |
Glitches Galore! |
| April 2008 |
Behind every great achievement is a deep wound… |
| March 2008 |
Is the United States Going Broke? |
| February 2008 |
About Canada and Canadians... |
| January 2008 |
Remembering Jim Tuck |
| December 2007 |
The Theory of Compensating Values |
| November 2007 |
The Nine Words That Changed America |
| October 2007 |
The War |
| September 2007 |
In (Partial) Defense of President Bush |
| August 2007 |
Life Can Be a Bitch |
| July 2007 |
Hooray for Hollywerid |
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June 2007
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Rounding Up the Unusual Suspects
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| Mayo 2007 |
Enough Is Enough! |
| April 2007 |
A Triumphant Failure |
| March 2007 |
A Tribute to a Magnificent Man and a Life Truly Lived |
| February 2007 |
AMERICA—The Only Game in Town |
| January 2007 |
A Most Pleasant Experience |
| December 2006 |
Careening Toward Catastrophe |
| November 2006 |
In A Perfect World |
| October 2006 |
Whatever Happened to the Good Ole USA? |
| September 2006 |
If Life Could Only Imitate Art |
| August 2006 |
Self-defeating Misconceptions |
| July 2006 |
The Misers Amongst Us |
| June 2006 |
Trolling for Trouble Alongside the Lake |
| May 2006 |
The Iron Horse |
| April 2006 |
The Magical Allure Of Mexico |
| March 2006 |
A Tale of Two Countries—Vietnam and Iraq |
| February 2006 |
The Undirectable Director |
| January 2006 |
The Mugging Of Lady Justice |
| December 2005 |
In Praise of Talented Women |
| November 2005 |
Blaming the Victims |
| October 2005 |
The Fabulous Fifties |
| September 2005 |
On The Nature Of Political Dissent |
| August 2005 |
An American Tragedy |
| July 2005 |
"DEEP THROAT” —Heel or Hero? |
| June 2005 |
The Later Years—Peak Or Depression? |
| May 2005 |
In Defense of Liberals |
| April 2005 |
The Lessons I’ve Learned From Dogs |
| March 2005 |
Melancholy In Mexico |
| February 2005 |
Among the Greatest Plays of the 20TH Century |
| January 2005 |
The Genesis of a Novel |
| December 2004 |
A Christmas Gift To Remember |
| November 2004 |
Let’s Pretend That |
| October 2004 |
To Die in the Desert |
| September 2004 |
Anita—The Patron Saint of Lakeside’s Animals |
| August 2004 |
ZAPATA—The Movie |
| July 2004 |
Remembering Ronald Reagan |
| June 2004 |
The Generation That Saved the World |
| May 2004 |
The Passion Of The Christ |
| April 2004 |
A Tentative Thumbs-up To President Bush |
| March 2004 |
God Bless Our Four-legged Friends |
| February 2004 |
Hollywood—South |
| Janaury 2004 |
The Nine Words Which Changed America |
| December 2003 |
The Spirit of Christmas Comes in Many Colors |
| November 2003 |
Remembering Jim Tuck |
| October 2003 |
The Crazy California Recall |
| September 2003 |
The Ojo Celebrates Its 20th Birthday |
| August 2003 |
Motoring Through Michoacan |
| July 2003 |
Voices Crying Out in the Wilderness |
| June 2003 |
AJIJIC—THE MOVIE! |
| May 2003 |
Hooray for Morrie Schwartz
—and Mitch Albom, Too! |
| April 2003 |
On the Nature of Political Dissent |
| March 2003 |
About Canada and Canadians . . . |
| February 2003 |
The Mysterious Allure of Mexico |
| Janaury 2003 |
The Ajijic Writers' Group |
| December 2002 |
Frida Meets The Mexican Press |
| November 2002 |
Careening Toward Catastrophe |
| October 2002 |
ROUNDING UP THE (un)USUAL SUSPECTS |
| September 2002 |
Baghdad Or Bust-Bushwhacked Again? |
| August 2002 |
Mexico's Most Mysterious Man |
| July 2002 |
One Of The Great Men Of The 20th Century |
| Marzo 2002 |
Clocking Bush At The One-Quarter Mark |
