I am Paula Mays. I have been going to Marbella, Spain, for several years. I have studied Spanish in Marbella for over 4 years and am currently practicing and studying advanced Spanish. I have a lot of friends from different cultures in Spain and I am a member of the British Chamber of Commerce in Spain. By profession I am an Intellectual Property attorney but I also enjoy writing.

Blog Entries by Paula Mays

Next President Must Show Support For Muslim Americans

3 Comments | Posted October 15, 2008 | 09:24 AM (EST)


In my mind, one of the worse things about the recent Muslim/Arab hate speeches either tacitly condoned by Senator John McCain, or outright spoken by his running mate and sidekick, Governor Sarah Palin, is that this line of attack presumes there are no Muslims persons living in the...

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"Mommy Trap" Author: Supporting Families Not A Priority For McCain

3 Comments | Posted September 29, 2008 | 01:27 PM (EST)


This issue of working families with children is always a contentious one in this country. As the number of working and highly educated women has drastically increased over the last forty years, anxiety has grown over how to best to raise children. The feminist legacy initially mandated that...

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McCain-Palin And The Death Of Affirmative Action

Posted September 23, 2008 | 12:47 PM (EST)


We have come a long way as a nation but have we come far enough and are we destined to go backward if the U.S. elects candidate McCain and Governor Palin?

I'm talking about race relations and the demonized term "Affirmative Action," which has now come to mean "quotas" and...

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World Watching, And Has An Opinion

Posted September 16, 2008 | 12:33 PM (EST)


I had the privilege of residing in Southern Spain for nearly 5 months and returned to the US in early September. In the Marbella Malaga province where I resided, there exists a mixture of cultures, una mezclaz of countries. A large number of British, Dutch, Irish, German, and more than...

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