Recently I have been reading a selection of notes about Edmund Burke who is considered to be the father of the conservative  movement.  Mr. ...

One of my favorite Christian Humanist Philosophers, Sir Thomas Brown, wrote a book in 1643 called Religio Medici (The Religion  of a Doctor)...

For those who do not get the gist of the title of this post you might remember the children’s story of Jack and the Beanstalk where the Gia...

Sunday, May 10th, is Mother’s Day in México. It is always on the 10th of May. In the United States, Mother’s Day is always on the second Sun...

One of the Lenten traditions that we enjoy here in  Mexico is a desert called “capirotada”. It is a bread pudding made with stale bread, br...

In the last few days I have watched the drama play out in the aftermath of the cartoonist assassinations at the offices of the political sat...

Every year at this time when people traditionally make their New Year's resolutions I inaugurate my theme for the coming year. For the ...

Not long ago I became interested in the schedule of the rising and setting sun at various times of the year and in different places. What I ...

Between today and yesterday we experienced the Summer Solstice. It was at 7:51 am Central Daylight Saving Time on Saturday, June 21st. I s...

The other day I read a blog post on "Ripples, Very Small Waves in R" http://aschinchon.wordpress.com/2014/06/08/the-three-little-...