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Airline Fight Club

Most gringos here at lakeside have connections north of the border – family, friends, doctors, psycho house-renters. So, for most of us, there’s always a dreaded plane ride in the offing. 

This past May produced an unusually high number of in-flight rages among passengers worldwide, resulting in fist fights and brash verbal conflicts. Aviation experts say they have no clue why, except to point the finger at flight-day alcohol consumption. Except that prohibiting alcohol for many would be like prohibiting rosary beads.


The Bullfight as X-Rated?

The truth that follows underscores why this bullfighting business continues to be debated here in Mexico. Is it art? Is it sport – man against primal beast? Is it ritual slaying as theater? Or is it something even weirder?