The upcoming Oceanside recall election is a miniature version of the political dynamics that succeeded in bringing the city of San Diego and the state of California to the brink of bankruptcy ---- dynamics that permeate government at all levels.
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
"What are they so upset about? What's wrong with these folks?" That's the typical news spin put on the Tea Parties that sprang up across the country this spring ---- climaxing in the huge Washington, D.C., march on Sept. 12 that was undercovered and diminished by the mainstream media.
Nov 03, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
Almost two years ago to the day, my column in this space asked whether a Montebello schoolteacher named John Monti was being "Nifonged" by then-San Diego City Attorney Mike Aguirre.
Oct 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Plans for President Barack Obama's nationally televised back-to-school speech last month had local superintendents and board members scrambling to come up with various opt-out compromises that might satisfy parents who feared the worst.
Oct 06, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Walt Whitman described his poetic musings as a "barbaric yawp."
Sep 22, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Was it an imbroglio, a kerfuffle, or an assault? And if the latter, who was assaulted? Was the hostess of Francine Busby's Encinitas rally assaulted by a rogue policeman or was the officer assaulted by a gaggle of Busby supporters who were mightily offended at having standard police proce…
Sep 08, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Last month I highlighted a speech by NEA chief counsel Bob Chanin to the union's national convention in San Diego ---- an invective-laced stem-winder that could be summarized as follows: What's good for the union is good for public education.
Aug 25, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Solutions to California's budget woes frequently echo the type of wishful thinking displayed by President Obama last month when he responded to a question about what Americans would have to give up for government-managed health care.
Aug 11, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
It's not the kind of news AP generally cares to print -- and I found no local reportage on the story. I refer to a speech given by the National Education Association's retiring general counsel Bob Chanin at the group's convention in San Diego during the long Fourth of July weekend. The en…
Jul 28, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
"Legoland cancels tribute to Jackson." That's a local headline that catches the eye.
Jul 14, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Three anecdotes come to mind when I consider the hysteria that greets any cost-cutting proposal for California's 20-billion-plus budget deficit.
Jun 30, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
A letter writer recently complained because I noted in a column that "Obama's minions" are intent on undoing conservative talk radio. The objector, who claimed that no facts supported my assertion, is doubtless dependent on the mainstream media for his view of things and oblivious to the …
Jun 16, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
The sociologist Peter Berger once famously observed that if India is the most religious country in the world and Sweden the least religious, then America is a nation of Indians governed by Swedes.
Jun 02, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
The Donald has declared that Carrie Prejean can keep her Miss California title. Trump's "you're not fired" decision ended a chapter in the media frenzy swirling around the Vista High School graduate, but it didn't close the book.
May 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Miss California Carrie Prejean, a 2005 Vista High graduate and former student body president, is asked a politically charged question about gay marriage by gay activist and blogger Perez Hilton. She provides an almost apologetic response at the conclusion of which she expresses her belief…
May 05, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
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