If you are in Mexico City tomorrow you have an opportunity to see Barack Obama's half sister Maya Soetoro-Ng. She is there for a fund raiser for Obama. Maya Soetoro-Ng was born to Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian businessman, and Ann Dunham, a cultural anthropologist, who is also Barack Obama's mother. Like her half-brother Barack Obama, Soetoro-Ng [...]...

The Prodigal Son Returns …and this and that. It remains hot in Las Vegas. We have been here for six weeks; getting anxious to move on to cooler climes. This week we bought a Thule car carrier to help transport all the stuff we have been acquiring here. Being here has provided an opportunity to re-bond with family [...]...

A lot of folks play it safe; and I won't disagree that it is easier to be kind and gentle, and avoid confrontation. But, someone has to say the things many don't want to hear now and then. An example would be our stand on compost toilets or compact fluorescent lights or vegetarianism. A lot [...]...

A Negative Brinkley Is Mexico a better place to live by way of the fact that getting immersed in the news of the day is a harder to do task? In Kevin Trudeau's very controversial book, "Natural Cures "They" don't want you to know about," he recommends not watching the news. "The news fills your mind [...]...

I am not a fan of carpet beneath my feet. I certainly don't want to lie or languish atop the stuff. I have allergies as well as an aversion to hidden dirt and microscopic crawling things. Back in 1981, a time long, long ago, the film Arthur was released. Have you seen it? In one scene Arthur, [...]...