Spanish lessons and Mexico City architecture

A letter from Cindy We need a bumper sticker that says "I brake for archaeological sites." Saludos a familia y amigos, I took the ...

The Virgin of Guadalupe on a pancake grill and other mysteries

Americans don´t really understand the Virgin Mary and her significance to Catholics. So they couldn´t be expected to understand the exponen...

Video interview on talents needed for journalists

In March I was on a panel in Huesca, Spain, on the training needs of journalists. Here is a four-minute video on that subject. The intervi...

Moby Dick, a great book that nobody reads

There were only about a dozen books that I brought with me here to Guadalajara. One of them was “Moby Dick”. It swept me away when I read i...

Bank robbery made easy: download cash to a DVD or iPod

Click on this cartoon to make it bigger. If it´s too big, go to View on your browser commands, then Zoom and you should find an option to m...

Swine flu in Guadalajara Mexico

Congressmen wearing surgical masks, from Milenio.com All the schools in the country have been ordered closed for two weeks, and all the cine...

Good reasons to oppose Earth Day, from Russell Baker

I got a kick out of this 1990 column in the New York Times from Russell Baker. Here's the best part, especially the last paragraph: If...