Martin LeFevre, TheCostaRicaNews.com
The poppies are in full flower on a day that feels like the very pinnacle of spring. It’s sunny and mild in California’s Central Valley, with a border of stupendous clouds along the western horizon.
I spot a...
Martin LeFevre, TheCostaRicaNews.com
Raised as a Catholic when the Mass was in Latin, I was compelled to go to church six days a week (five times before school, once on Sunday, when it was a mortal sin to miss). One...
A new movement wants to make the use of marijuana legal in Costa Rica. They are hoping a big protest on April 20 will get the government to change the law.
Costa Rican and Nicaraguan governments met to discuss the border problems between the two countries, but the meeting was marked by chaos, tensions and distrust.
Martin LeFevre, TheCostaRicaNews.com
The best film I’ve ever seen with religious themes is “Black Narcissus.” Filmed in 1947, it deftly delves into the clash between Eastern and Western traditions; the conflict between the sensual and spiritual dimensions of human being;...
Martin LeFevre, TheCostaRicaNews.com
To a large degree, religion is a straw man for atheists. Even as people “cling to guns and religion” (to borrow a slip of the truth from President Obama during his campaign), organized religion is dying, its...