Friends and Colleagues from Around the World, Today, I’ll roll out the plans for our next trip to Guatemala. The No Kings events will be the focus of Culture Watch. Then, it’s ‘What We’re Reading and Why,’ a new Scanning Project segment, ‘What Others Are Saying,’ plus an updated Calendar. We’re going to Guatemala with our 20-year-old granddaughter, Ali, as part of our master plan to introduce our grandkids to other languages and cultures, as well as the birthplace of their parents and grandmother. On our last trip, I heard complaints that we were seeing too many things and […]
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A Dry Hate: Power Versus The People by Nancy Hicks Marshall, Reviewed by Mark D. Walker June 2025
I met the author at a conference of Arizona Professional Writers, and over lunch, we recognized our common interest in immigration politics—my focus was on Guatemala, and hers was on Arizona. Although her book is fiction, it’s based on the events surrounding “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” who served as Sheriff of Maricopa County from 1993 to 2016. I met Sheriff Arpaio at a wedding where I was the best man, and he seemed like a jovial, personable guy. He gained national attention on a segment on 60 Minutes, which highlighted Tent City, Pink Underwear, and illegal immigration sweeps and traffic stops […]
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