April 16, 2009
Recuerda Los Niños Héroes
Remember the boy heroes -- Mexicans do. Who were the boy heroes? Los Niños Héroes (the "Boy Heroes") were six teenage military cadets who died defending Mexico at Mexico City's...
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March 08, 2009
Those Pesky Border Regions
President Obama: "At the heart of a new Afghanistan policy is going to be a smarter Pakistan policy. As long as you've got safe havens in these border regions that...
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December 17, 2008
A Report from A Dangerous Place
You would think that sitting here under a palapa (palm-frond roof) deep down in Mexico a hundred yards from the beach, with some American surfer-dudes around and with the frigatebirds...
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December 03, 2008
Random Notes from Old Mexico
o Taking a car, even a '74 Volksy pop-top, across the U.S. border far into Mexico requires an import permit which is paid for at the border by posting a...
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