Rachel Laudan

    The New York Times a couple of days ago had a long and well researched article on the slowing of Mexican migration to the United States. Yeah. Mexican is getting wealthier.  In fact Mexico is now 80% urban, something that has a lot to do with this.  Peasants eking out a living on [...]

It’s Candelaria. The 2nd of February. The midpoint between the winter equinox and the spring solstice. Originally known as Candlemas in English, for the blessing of candles in the church, it’s a day that has been reduced to a shadowy presence in the United States, eclipsed by Groundhog Day, when a groundhog from Punxsutawney, Pa., [...]

In the Sonora desert of Mexico, the Yaquis still make popcorn the traditional way, a technique anthropologists say goes way, way back before tortillas, probably before tamales. The nights are dark and you can see even the shooting stars. The Yaquis  cover the grains of maize with hot sand. As they burst open, the grains [...]