Once again I draw inspiration from the letters to the editor sent to AM Costa Rica. Variations of these letters appear rather frequently on that site. Perhaps the editor feels it his duty to publish all opinion. Perhaps he likes that it’s free content for his web site. Probably both. In any case, the most
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Let’s start with a statistic given by Sandra Piszk, Costa Rica’s Minister of Labor: [translation] “The country has about 300,000 kids who are neither studying nor working.” Now that wouldn’t be so bad in a country of 300 million. But we are talking about Costa Rica, with a population of a little less than 4.5
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A. M. Costa Rica is a never ending source of inspiration to me. Not as an example of great writing or web design, but they do turn up some items that inspire me to put some spin on things. In this case, it’s the Feb. 24 2011 issue, page 1. It seems the International Intellectual
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What do those two things have in common? Well, other than being in the title, nothing really. Let’s start with gunfire and things that sound like gunfire. ‘Tis the season here, as ’tis throughout Christendom. The Ticos love this time of year for reasons both sacred and profane. The sacred is self-evident. The profane would
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I had a farm in Africa… No, wait, that’s not right. I’m going to talk about the country in which I currently reside, Costa Rica. I apologize in advance for the disorganized post that will follow. I also strongly advise those who firmly believe in laissez-faire economics to skip this post and any post of
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Times are tough for investors and savers. Back in the Good Old USA you’ll get a whopping 2% on a savings account. Strangely enough, at the moment, certificates of deposit (CDs) pay less than a standard savings account. You’re lucky to get one approaching 1.5% for a year. Of course you have lots of other
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