FEATURING VALENCIA, A THREE-PART SERIES: (I) The Banda de Musica is Definitive of the (Unofficial) Music Capital of Spain »
In Valencia there are more bandas de musica than the municipalities that comprise the Autonomous Community. They are definitive of the Valencian essence.
FEATURING VALENCIA, A THREE PART SERIES: (2) The Most Musical Town in Spain Losses Billions to the Deadly DANA »
The Valencian music industry has been brutally impacted by the DANA, especially those businesses located in Horta Sud, the comarca that suffered the worst damage. The double jeopardy of it is that many of the businesses are micro and small businesses and are therefore doubly vulnerable to the disaster, with very little to fall back on. -
THE BUSKER WHO WANTED TO STEAL CHRISTMAS »
Hey greedy Scrooge, render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s. Give unto Christmas its due. Give the Season a chance!
US PRESIDENTIAL PARDON SERIES : (3) PRESIDENT BIDEN`S FULL AND UNCONDITIONAL PARDON OF HIS SON »
President Joe Biden: "I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with the decision to pardon my son Hunter, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice. I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision."
US PRESIDENTIAL PARDON SERIES: (2) Executive Grant of Clemency »
"This 1st day of December in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty-four, I, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, pursuant to my powers under Article II, Section 2, Clause 1, of the Constitution, have granted unto Rbert Hunter Biden a full and unconditional pardon."
US PRESIDENTIAL PARDON SERIES: (1) A SECOND OPINION: US President Biden Pardoned Son of Criminal Charges »
"No one is above the law, it has been said, except if you are the son of a sitting President. 62% of voters opposed President's pardon of his son Hunter, with 41% strongly opposed.
A GUIDEPOST REPRINT: “THE SPANISH SCENE: Cheers for the Cheese,” 24 March 1972 »
"Family dynasties have risen and fallen, town elections have been won or lost, and enterprising locals have made it big or fallen into disgrace, all on the basis of how well -- or how bad -- they made their Idiazabal cheese. Now it was announced that a monument commemorating Idiazabal cheese would be built."
THE FAST-CHANGING CHRISTMAS IN ULTRA-TRADITIONAL SPAIN »
Suddenly, as though rousing from a deep slumber, the Spaniards have scrambled up with characteristic zest at the beginning of November, hanging garlands of light. And if the fact that the Little Drummer Boy came rather too early smacks kind of commercialism, so what? ’Tis the Season to be Jolly, the earlier celebrated, the happier. And for every extra euro that goes into the till, there's an undeniable Christmas spirit to it too.
TOURISM, A FABULOUS FONT OF JOBS IN SPAIN! »
"The number of Social Security contributors in the tourism sector of Spain continues to show positive data in the first full month of autumn 2024. In October, contributors linked to tourism activities increased in absolute terms by 98,845 people, reaching a total figure of more than 2.75 million workers."
A GUIDEPOST REPRINT: “The Quixotic World of Spanish Teaching,” 21 March 1986 »
"A report for the Spanish Culture Ministry says that Spanish ranks second only to English as the foreign language most studied in Europe, and in many English-speaking countries it is the first foreign language choice of students. But the Ministry of Culture in Madrid complains that Spanish is taught abroad without official support from the government."
