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A Second Opinion: Black Man Walking »
Americans have a special indebtedness to history with regard to the legacy of black people that other countries may not quite understand, including Spain.
STATESIDE STORIES: May brings Mother’s Day »
Mother’s Day is Appreciation Day for women who have given life to someone else. Happy Mother’s Day to the Mothers of the World! We owe our lives to them!
STATESIDE STORIES: 007–“To Russia with Love” »
It has been proven that the Russians interfered in the 2016 presidential campaigns on both sides, but Donald Trump himself has been exonerated of wrongdoing by Robert Mueller's 448-page report, which clears Trump of collusion and obstruction of justice, both impeachable offenses. Dealing with the Russians has always been a sticky-wicket for Americans, who generally see the Soviets as their avowed enemies in the world today. Colluding with Russians, therefore, was seen as a treasonable act, and the President "has never been happier" that he has been vindicated of that charge in what he has repeatedly called a Democratic "Witchhunt".
YOUR CASTLE IN SPAIN? »
"Since moving back to the states, I've had to rely on hotels and apartments for lodging when in Spain. I often opt for the latter, finding it nice to have a kitchen to prepare greens after a day of eating my all beige Spanish comfort food - croquetas, tortilla, patatas ali-oli, churros and natillas con nata. But I would like to alert everyone to the wide use of euphemisms to describe many properties"
BARCELONA? SURE, BUT GIVE ME MADRID ANY TIME! »
Barcelona may have an abundance of fine architecture and offers a good deal of artistic pleasures to everyone and anyone. But it lacks that warm home feel that one gets in Madrid. That sense of having arrived at a place where one belongs
I’LL HAVE BARCELONA, THANK YOU »
Dear Mr. Kino Heinze, You can keep Madrid to yourself. I’ll have Barcelona, home if not the very birthplace of all that‘s great in contemporary Spanish culture
A Second Opinion: The US-Mexican Border Crisis »
In the States, we just might have to do without avocados and bananas until the powers-that-be settle the argument. Guacamole, anyone?
THE BLACK PEARLS (CHAPTER 3): BASED ON THE TRUE-TO-LIFE UPCOMING NOVEL BY AUTHOR NINA VALDES »
THE BLACK PEARLS (Chapter 3)
By Nina Valdés
Admittedly, Colin and Maria were total strangers, yet I felt an
A SECOND OPINION: EARTH DAY AND ARBOR DAY 2019 »
"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children"
STATESIDE STORIES: ‘April Showers Bring May Flowers’ »
Spring - Semana Santa - Easter - Brexit - Elizabeth II
