Opinion

There is nothing you cannot find if you are willing to look for it and, in my experience, there is no place where this rings more true than Karachi where your intentions, your desires, will lead you into the most illuminated or into the most depraved expressions of humanity. And I have traveled both, sometimes […]

You have to sympathize with decent cops. Not only do they deal with danger every other day, they have to put up with the nut-jobs who detest authority, of whom there is no shortage nowadays. One problem pattern, nowadays, is this: The cop issues an order which the subject won’t obey. The situation escalates into […]

As we noted in last October’s edition of the PRT, China’s decision to drastically restrict the quality and quantity of the waste products it is willing to accept from countries around the world has turned the recycling industry in the U.S. and in most Western countries upside down. Sadly, it has brought to light the […]

I always pay my satellite/internet bill late. Usually I let it go until I get one of those threatening letters or email notifications telling me that If I don’t… then they will…. I usually call-pay my previous balance and all is right with the world until next month and then the whole vicious cycle starts […]

“Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.” ― Hafiz We fear birth, death and everything in between. We believe in the worst of the lies we tell ourselves: that things are in our control and that we have power over the outcomes of our […]

It seems like trolls and cyber-moles are everywhere, these days. Russian interference in our democracy is both worrisome and irritating. To subvert another country’s political process by propaganda, disinformation and divisive provocation is as dangerous, potentially, as outright military attack, though lots more furtive and oblique.  My wife and I used to visit Guatemala regularly, […]

Praise for the PRT We would like to extend kudos to the PRT Team. Ever since the community survey last year, the content and writing have further improved and there has been stronger recognition of advertisers through better layouts. This has been wonderful to see, as the community deserves quality, thorough reporting and thoughtful (and […]

Reverend Mother Maria de Lourdes Felix was the Mother Superior of Colegio Juan Maria de Salvatierra in Tecate, Baja California, the boarding school I attended from ages 10 to 15. I believe she was from around Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Her religious order was the Hijas de la Purísima Virgen María, a strict teaching order influenced […]