by Jim McIntosh | Apr 25, 2010 | Immigration, Observations |
What’s up with Arizona? Isn’t this part of the territory that the U.S. “annexed” from Mexico after the Mexican-American War? Weren’t the indigenous peoples and the Mexicans there before the blancos arrived? Now, the governor has signed a...
by Jim McIntosh | Apr 4, 2010 | Bolivia, Observations, Spirituality, Status |
Happy Easter! In many Latin American countries, Good Friday is a much more important feast than is Easter Sunday. Many attribute this to the poverty of the people and therefore their more easy identification with the suffering Christ instead of with the risen one. I...
by Jim McIntosh | Dec 29, 2008 | Camiri, Observations |
Here we are at the end of the year, and I’ve posted nothing since the election. Partly, I think that the election drained me. I’ve had little ambition to read the Times or follow the political blogs since early November. That will probably change once Bush...
by Jim McIntosh | Nov 2, 2008 | Observations |
I don’t know who took this picture. I admit that I’m stealing it from some web site or other. But, it is such an important picture that I just had to share it. When I was growing up in Virginia, the worst insult was to be called a “n—-r...
by Jim McIntosh | Nov 2, 2008 | Observations |
A message from the Republican mayor of San Diego, Ca. If only all Republicans were as open as he to the idea that all people are created equal, the party would not be in a slow spiral into obscurity. The path into the future is clear. Like the Democrats, after their...
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