Another day, another massacre.

So, it has happened again.   Another kook armed with an arsenal including tear gas grenades and assault weapons.   This time it wasn’t a Saf...

An Open Letter to NBC

  Dear NBC: I already know that historically, you don’t care a lot about me and a few million of your other viewers who have the misfortu...

Arizona: The new home of fruits and nuts

Picture this.  You are out of milk and bread so you hop in the car, drive to Safeway or 7-11, and as you get out of the car to walk into the...

Lawyers, used car salesmen, and ...

Those of you who know me know  that I am very healthy. I'm in my 50s, I eat well, exercise for more than an hour a day, five days a week...

The joy of giving: How much or how many

“Hey-lo.  Ho er yu?” Those are sweet sounds to my ears, spoken by eight Mexicans who until a few months ago, spoke no English. Now, three ti...

A death and a birth

There are several signs that summer, though officially several weeks away, is already making its presence known in Puerto Vallarta.  We have...

The Sickness Surrounding the Religious "Right"

Perhaps you've seen it, or at least heard about.  The demonic type sermon preached to the flock of followers  last week  of the Providen...

Donna Summer: Remembering the Last Dance

From city to city, the names would change.   In Stockton, it was The Casbah. In Modesto, the Brave Bull.  In Sacramento, The Powerplant and ...

One long hard ride

I now live in a country where lawsuits are the exception, not the norm.  There are several reasons.    Here, personal lawsuits can take more...

"Justice for Trayvon" ... I think not

I don’t know exactly what happened that evening when George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin had their chance encounter in Florida.     Nor do ...

Beating the System

In the four years since we moved to Mexico nearly fulltime, I have been extolling the virtues of living in this beautiful country … the peop...

Play Time at The Pley Club

For a brief moment, the death of Dick Clark pushed the story out of the #1 headline spot. But this morning, it is back up there again, reson...

Surviving the Solar Storm in Mexico

It doesn't take much for the fragile infrastructure here in Mexico to crumble. On a calm mild Sunday afternoon, the electricity will ...

A Mother's Devotion

I first met Cindy Sheehan in April, 2004, just after her son 24-year-old Casey was killed in Iraq. I was covering Solano County (Califor...