Ray Shaw´s voice is in my head

The Chairman of American City Business Journals died Sunday at 75 after complications from a sting by a wasp. . Ray Shaw was the boss where ...

Mazamitla´s square is busy on election day

The voting booth toward the right is a simple, fragile affair that accommodates one person on each side. The sign on it says, “Your vote is...

Bridget video, review of Patrick

This video is of daughter Bridget. Review of Patrick Here is a commentary on the music of son Patrick , which includes audio of one of his ...

Mexicans will submit blank ballots in protest

July 5 is election day here in Mexico, the equivalent our mid-term elections, in which the federal and state legislators and municipal offic...

Twitter and Facebook spring Guatemalan man from prison

A Guatemalan lawyer was shot to death a few weeks ago and left a videotape that said if he was ever murdered, the president was responsible....

Life in Guadalajara: 10 mayors arrested for tipping off narcos

A couple of weeks ago, we went for a walk in a big local park. The dry season started about six months ago, which means virtually no rain. ...

Dark days at the Baltimore Sun

A column in Politico.com captures the essence of the newspaper crisis. The Baltimore Sun, which had 420 editorial employees a decade ago, n...