2016-03-19 18:53
Augusto Raymundo Jesus tried to do it the right way.He really did.Twenty-two years ago, Jesus' mother sent him away from his native Guatemala. His brother had just been killed in a car bomb… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
OK, so I like to study a lot of political viewpoints, I like the give-and-take of political debate. I like having my opinions challenged in scholarly or friendly discussion.That's why I am s… Read More
2011-11-29 21:13
The sun had disappeared into the Pacific Ocean hours earlier and that chilly breeze that hits the southern California coastline after dark was sweeping in, taking the sting out of what had b… Read More
2011-10-06 16:36
I received a lot of strange mail over the years during my time served in the newspaper business.Some very strange mail.The first bizarre letter I received was when I was the rock critic for… Read More
2011-09-29 15:30
Sometimes, we let our emotions get the best of us.Sometimes, we are just flat-out wrong.I'm not sure what was at play most when I did a recent blog about the video and photo archive of the S… Read More
2011-09-24 18:26
We've been in San Jose del Cabo a little more than five months now.We've gone through the process of obtaining our FMM3 visas, giving us legal residency for a year, we've been to a lot of pl… Read More
2011-09-05 22:10
Lucille was resting languidly in purple crushed velvet.She could scream, she could cry, she could whisper softly into your ear, a tempting seductress, or laugh out loud, a mocking shrew; her… Read More
2011-09-02 14:52
Instead of the comforts of home, his wife and children, Ray Jesus is living with his parents in Guatemala, the victim of a suspiciously swift deportation process when U.S. Immigration and Cu… Read More
2011-09-02 13:21
A legal defense fund has been set up to help a man who was deported from Utah after coming to the country 22 years ago on a political asylum visa.Augusto Raymundo Jesus was sent to his nativ… Read More
2011-08-25 14:57
Down here in Mexico, the meat looks different, tastes different.It's organic, clean, not shot up with antibiotics and growth hormones. The produce is fresh, ripe. I hadn… Read More
2011-08-25 14:56
On this day in 1969, in a field on a dairy farm in upstate New York, more than a half-million people gathered for three days of peace, love and music.It was the largest gathering of its kind… Read More
2011-08-25 14:55
Going back through some old music recently I rediscovered Hall & Oates, a band that broke during the mid-'70s and had some legs that carried them for more than a decade.It was never a st… Read More
2011-08-25 14:55
Going back through some old music recently I rediscovered Hall & Oates, a band that broke during the mid-'70s and had some legs that carried them for more than a decade.It was never a st… Read More
2011-08-25 14:54
We're about three weeks out from the official 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.Already, the news media is running stories about that horrible day.The first on… Read More
2011-08-06 05:00
People like to be in the public eye. It makes them feel important.They like to be a part of history.Well, congratulations, Congress.You made history. You will be remembered as the first… Read More
2011-07-31 20:41
If you work in the media long enough, you're sure to make a few enemies.As a columnist for The Spectrum & Daily News in St. George, Utah, I had plenty of detractors. They would revile me… Read More
2011-07-31 20:38
We all search for our purpose, for that one thing we were put on this Earth to do.It's different for all of us, of course, but deep inside we all have a passion that sustains our hopes, our… Read More
2011-07-31 20:36
There was a time when there was nobody on the planet hotter than Peter Frampton.There was also a time when there was nobody on the planet colder than Peter Frampton.Frampton isn't one of tho… Read More
2011-07-31 20:35
We dodged another bullet.Hurricane Dora, which sounded like it was about to unleash a torrent on the tip of The Baja last week, dissipated, leaving us with nothing more than big surf for a c… Read More
2011-07-31 20:34
San Jose del Cabo is a place of inspiration.Hemingway and Steinbeck walked these streets decades ago when it was little more than a fishing village.Today, a whole new generation of artists h… Read More
2011-06-27 21:39
Hawthorne, California is one of those very blue collar, working class towns. For years it was headquarters to one of the largest aerospace corporations in the world -- Northrop Aircraft. It… Read More
2011-06-19 04:26
"When the change was made uptown and the Big Man joined the band.From the coastline to the city all the little pretties raised their hands.I'm gonna sit back right easy and laugh, when Scoot… Read More
2011-06-12 20:01
"Huh-huh-huh...huh-huh-huh...huh-huh-huh...""Yeah...you said 'Weiner!' Yeah! Yeah! WEEEEEINNNNER!""Yeah...he Twittered his tweeter...cooool!"From Barbara Walters to Bill Maher, the self-infl… Read More
2011-06-08 19:38
There's nothing like live music.I've spent a lot of money over a lot of years just to go some place where a band can turn it up and make people smile. It's why I always jumped at any opportu… Read More
2011-06-01 14:37
The United States is an interesting place from a thousand miles away.Since arriving here at Land's End at the southernmost tip of Baja California six weeks ago, the view north has changed co… Read More
2011-06-01 14:32
There are some people you just know are going to be great to interview.They have a reputation for outlandish quotes, or good give-and-take, or are just flat-out interesting.Frank Zappa was o… Read More
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