An advertisement for a group excursion to Cancun, Mexico, describes the location this way: “The hotel is within walking distance to shopping malls, restaurants, fast-food locations and a golf course. The hotel itself has four restaurants, all-purpose and adults-only pools,…
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Anthropologists have long known that the only thing undeveloped in “primitive” peoples is their technology. Their human interactions are as sophisticated as those of “civilized” societies. They make the same value distinctions that have been important to human communities of…
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Nations large and small say high-sounding words about themselves, and then find reasons for not putting the words into practice. Our former enemy, the Soviet Union, spoke of liberty and justice for all, just as we do. Even in South…
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For relaxation, I follow the Mountaineer games on the radio and, occasionally, on TV. Sports have always been important to me, from my boyhood days when I had the typical dreams of playing college basketball. I once followed professional sports…
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Twenty-five years ago I bought a small cabin in a woods on the Canadian side of Lake Huron. I paid a mere $4,000 for it, since it was a hundred yards off the lake, and since it was primitive, with…
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For most Americans, Mexico is a vacation playground. We jet into Acapulco or Cancun, where we are pampered in Holiday Inns, get a great return on our dollar, and are effectively walled off from the “other” Acapulco or Cancun. Poverty…
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