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Joaquin
Murrieta, Robin Hood or Just Plain Hood? by Maggie Van Ostrand
1-5-08
Everything about Joaquin Murrieta is disputed. He was either the
Mexican Robin Hood or the El Dorado Robin Hood. He was either an
infamous bandito or a Mexican patriot...
The
Christmas Flower by Maggie Van Ostrand 12-3-07
Once upon a time in Mexico, a little boy was walking to church on
Christmas Eve. He wanted to see the Nativity scene. He thought hard
about a gift to bring the Christ child, but had no money to buy
one...
"Yes
Virginia, There Is Another Mexico" by Maggie Van Ostrand
9-12-07
"When I lived in Ajijic fulltime, I saw many things that caused
me to realize how blithely the U.S. media twists the truth. It's
even worse today than it was ten years ago with the lies growing
so fast and furiously, Pinocchio's nose cannot keep up..."
The
Most Memorable Teacher I Never Had
by Raoul Hashimoto 9-2-07
“Anguish and Disappointment at a Mexico City Bus Stop”
The
Fence by Maggie Van Ostrand
7-6-07
It might startle you to learn that the U.S.-Mexico border fencing
fuss has resulted in something so funny that nobody could possibly
make it up, not even Dave Barry or Erma Bombeck...
The
Fighting 201st by Maggie Van Ostrand 5-11-07
Mexico organized the 201st Fighter Squadron, a select group of Mexican
pilots. Thirty-five officers and 300 enlisted men were trained in
Mexico, then given additional flight training as P-47 fighter squadron
at Pocatello Army Air Base in Idaho, and were then attached to the
58th Fighter Group in the Philippines where they began combat operations.
They wiped out machine gun nests, dropped 181 tons of bombs and
fired 153,000 rounds of ammunition, acquitting themselves well and
bravely. Seven of their pilots were killed in action.
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MEXICO:
PEOPLE, FOOD, THINGS, HISTORY, TRAVEL
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MEXICO:
PLACES
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Bagdad
by Mike Cox
"Far from the Middle East, another Bagdad lay on the south
side of the Rio Grande at the river's mouth, just across from a
Texas town called Clarksville..."
Santa
Anna or Ste. Anne? C. F. Eckhardt
It had been his avowed intention to recapture and add to Mexico
all former Spanish-claimed territory in North America, on the rim
of the Gulf of Mexico in Central America and South America, and
in the Caribbean...
The
Mexican by Maggie Van Ostrand
It's easy to tell an election is coming in the U.S., because here
we go again with the border situation, better known as the "Let's
build a fence to keep them out" game...
Super
Comic, Super Star, Super Man by Maggie Van Ostrand
World-wide cinema super star: Cantinflas.
How
My Mexican Relatives Saved the U.S. Economy by Maggie Van
Ostand
Emilio
Fernández, Ten of a Kind
by Maggie Van Ostand
You may not have ever heard of him yourself, but one of the most
famous people in the history of Mexican cinema, was Emilio Fernández
Romo, fondly nicknamed "El Indio."
Dead
Men Don't Talk, But Dead Women Do by Maggie Van Ostand
Frida Kahlo, and Her Recipes
Don
Churrero by Maggie Van Ostand
The churro cannot be "made," it can only be created.
Shrewd
Mexican Women by Maggie Van Ostand
"The shrewd women of Mexico have run things since the beginning
of time. Despite appearances to the contrary, Mexico is a matriarchal
nation."
Fry
Me to the Moon by Maggie Van Ostand
Mexican
Beauty: Dolores del Rio by Maggie Van Ostand
"Sinuous and sensual, she was widely regarded as the female
Rudolph Valentino...."
Las
Posadas by Maggie Van Ostand
"... Now, it could seem that greed might be casting its shadow
over the story of Bethlehem, except for one very important thing:
Las Posadas is still observed in Mexico...."
Old
Friends Ask About Mexico by Maggie Van Ostand
"What's it like in Mexico?" "Weren't you scared?" and "Don't they
kidnap you there?" In case anyone reading this publication is wondering
the same things, here's what I told my friends ...
The
Biggest Mistake I Ever Made In Mexico by Maggie Van
Ostand
When
Traveling in Mexico, Leave Your Pantyhose At Home by Maggie
Van Ostand
"Your money's no good in Mexico."
Mexican
Eye For the Gringo Guy by Maggie Van Ostand
According to the show business trade paper, The Hollywood Reporter,
"Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," the megahit TV show whose stars
are known as The Fab Five, will soon have some light-hearted competition
from Comedy Central's "Straight Plan For The Gay Man," whose stars
have already been dubbed The Flab Four...
There's
Something About Mexico by Maggie Van Ostand
Paradise
El
Taxi, or El Toro? by Maggie Van Ostand
Hemingway said there are two types of spectators at a bullfight:
those who identify with the bull, and those who identify with the
matador.
Mrs.
Baldwin of Missouri Teaches All About Mexico by Maggie Van
Ostand
Josefina,
A Woman of Mexico by Maggie Van Ostand
Mextra-Sensory
Perception by Maggie Van Ostand
"The
Trip" by Maggie Van Ostand
Guanajuato, Mexico
Accommodations
To Die For by Maggie Van Ostand
Broken
Berlitz Or English and how she is spoken by Maggie Van Ostand
Nine
Steps To A Happy Life In Mexico by Maggie Van Ostand
Mexican
Village by Maggie Van Ostand
The
Day I Photographed Josefina's Family by Maggie Van Ostand
"It
Takes a Tortilla…" Mexicans Turn to an Ancient Reliable Snack
by Sheila Mayne
SSSSSSnakes
in Mexico by Sheila Mayne
Fifteen
Things We'd Like You to Know about Mexico
An
Autobus named Esperanza - Adopt-A-Gringo
Rockets
over the Rio
101
Dalmatians - 32 Kids - 1 Van & 10 Minutes to get to the Theater
The
Reynosa Children's Home Classroom And Their One-woman Faculty
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"Letters
From Oaxaca, Mexico"
by Stan Gotlieb
I'm
Not the Person I Used to Be
Timing
is Everything
Question: when does the last bus for (fill in the name of your
favorite Oaxaca destination here) come by? Answer: after the next-to-the-last
one.
Introduction
for "Letters from Oaxaca, Mexico" Editor
Travel
- Mexico towns & cities
The
Haunted Railroad Hotel of Piedras Negras by Luke Warm
Guerrero,
Coahuila
Boquillas,
Mexico - A Flatboat Named Enchilada: Crossing the Rio Grande
Reynosa
Los
Ebanos - Taking the hand-operated ferry to Cuidad Diaz Ordaz
Lake
Amistad and Ciudad Acuna (Swimming to Mexico)
BILINGUAL HUMOR
Spanish
to Go
- Don't try this at home - and certainly not in Mexico
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