In the current uproar, immigrants of the caravan are pitted against U.S. Border Patrol agents and U.S. troops. Unseen and largely ignored by the media are those who will ultimately determine the outcome; namely, the drug cartels who virtually control the entire border and most of Mexico for that matter. Continue reading “Who Rules the Border?”
Month: November 2018
Thai Time
Like Thai food? If so, stop by Basil Garden in Palm City, Florida, where a Guatemalan chef and his Thai associate will serve you fare worthy of that Southeast Asian country. They came to America from far distant parts of the globe, met, married, persevered and now own two restaurants in what can only be called an immigration success story. Continue reading “Thai Time”
The Eternal Turtle
Let’s show a little respect for turtles that have lived for hundreds of millions of years … hundreds of times longer than we humans. That’s the advice of Carlo Rovelli, an acclaimed physicist whose book “Seven Brief Lessons on Physics” is addressed to readers who know little or nothing about physics but who have an advantage over turtles in that they are aware of their existence and can do something about it. Continue reading “The Eternal Turtle”
Caravan from Hell
Whatever the degree of outside organizing and financing, the thousands of people trying to reach the United States are fleeing some of the most hellish conditions on earth, a violence equal to war zones that is not fit for life. The drug lords, financed by U.S. consumers, have taken over El Salvador and Honduras, not to mention Mexico, and it is they who pose this challenge to the U.S. border. Continue reading “Caravan from Hell”