Chimalistac Mañana

Some Mexico City news: The Spanish edition of my book, Metaphysical Odyssey into the Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero and His Secret Book, Spiritist Manual, translated by Mexican poet and novelist Agustin Cadena as Odisea metafisica hacia la Revolución Mexicana, Francisco...

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Lone Star Nation: How Texas Will Transform America by Richard Parker

Lone Star NationHow Texas Will Transform AmericaBy Richard ParkerPegasus, November 2014pp. 352ISBN-10: 1605986267ISBN-13: 978-1605986265Book Review by C.M. MayoTexas Exceptionalism (TE): I would give it the knee-jerk reject but for the fact that after more than 25...

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Cyberflanerie: Mexico Book Edition

I'm presenting my book-- translated by Agustin Cadena-- Odisea metafísca hacia la Revolución Mexicana, Francisco I. Madero y su libro secreto, next week, on the 25th at 7 pm at the Centro de Estudios de la Historia de México CARSO in Mexico City. Presenters include Rose Mary Salum, Luis Cerda, Javier Garcíadiego, Manuel Guerra de Luna, and Yolia Tortolero...

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Transcripts of the "Conversations with Other Writers" Occasional Series of Podcasts

Hat tip to authors' guru Jane Friedman for the suggestion: For my occasional podcast series, Conversations with Other Writers -- (in plain English, I post recorded chats with my writer friends when I happen to get around to it)-- I'm going to start offering transcripts....

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Cyberflanerie: James McGrath Morris, Mexican Baby Jesus, Maps, Tiles Stoves, Hang, The Umbrella Man

James McGrath Morris's "Type A" Column for the Santa Fe New Mexican, including E-books: the legerdemain of tomorrow?Morris also has a new book out, Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, First Lady of the Black Press. Check out the book's trailer—it's well worth watching (especially...

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A Batch of US-Mexico Border Mini Travel Clips

Just posted a batch of what I call "mini travel clips," that is, super brief videos, nothing fancy (taken with my iPhone), but edited and with audio—in these, by that jaw-droppingly prolific clangy-bangy soundmaestro of Bridport, U.K., Ergo Phizmiz.FAR WEST TEXAS MINI CLIPSCasa Piedra Road, Far West Texas (with a view of a fire in Mexico)(1:06)>...

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What is Custom ??? What is the Requirements of a Valid Local Custom as a Source of Law

What is Custom The law-making was not the business of the kings. law of the country was to be found in the customs of the people which developed spontaneously according to circumstances. it was felt that a particular way of doing things was more convenient then others...

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The Punishment in Our Society According to Law and How it Happens According to Crime and Offence

Punishment in Our Society According to Law The punishment may be regarded as a method of protecting society by reducing the occurrence of criminal behavior or we can consider it as an end itself. the object of criminal justice in awarding punishment is to deter the people...

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What is legal right? How You Can Solve Your Problem on the Basis of Legal Right in this Reriod

What is legal right Legal right is one person,s capacity of obliging others to do or forbear by means not of his own strength but by the strength of a third party. if such third party is GOD, the right is Divine. If such third party is the public generally acting  through...

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What is Horrors of War and Its Effect on Human Life Now a days

What is Horrors of War War is not a now thing. man has been fighting since his very arrival on the earth. man is a fighting animal. he has advanced intellectually but emotionally. He is the same.Man is as quarrelsome today as he was thousand of years ago. Only he has found...

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What is an Offer and When Offer Can Be Revoked or Broken

A contract cannot, ordinarily be created by a bare promise or even set of promise. It is essentially a bilateral(of two side or by the two party) transaction which can only  be concluded by the acts of both parties.For its creation , it is necessary that tow or more...

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"Resources for Writers" Updated, Expanded, and Reorganized

It's now going into its 16th year, this ever-growing cornucopia of the webpage I maintain for my writing students and anyone else interested in creative writing.This April 18th at the Writer's Center just outside Washington DC, I'll be offering a one day only workshop on...

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An Interview with Mexican Historian Alan Rojas Orzechowski about Painter Santiago Rebull, "One of the Most Creative Minds of the Academic Movement"

He was Maximilian's Court Painter, a leading figure in 19th century Mexican painting, and one of the important influences on Diego Rivera, yet few people have heard of Santiago Rebull— until now.Santiago Rebull: The Outlines of a Storyat the Museum of the Diego Rivera Mural...

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