As a card-carrying member of the once-powerful mainstream media, I keep reading various laments on journalism sites about repeated layoffs and how horrible this is for journalists and democracy. (The two are identical, you see). I sometimes feel sorry for my peers, but also exasperated when they continue to churn out articles predictably biased toward the left. As the example …
Reform the antiquated colleges of America
I particularly liked this column (below) by my friend Larry Stirling. It’s a blunt, unflattering assessment of San Diego State University’s retiring president Stephen Weber. While this may seem too esoteric for all but my local readers, the op-ed presents some reforms that certainly have almost universal applicability to conventional colleges everywhere. The benefits would be widespread to taxpayers, students …
Comic Relief for Rostrafarians: Thor Rocks
San Diego’s annual cultural carnival Comic-Con is less than a month away. One of this year’s star attractions promises to be Rostra’s own Mighty Thor. Author and artist Walt Simonson, who produced “The Mighty Thor” for Marvel Comics for 25 years has produced a limited artist’s edition which will make its debut at Comic-Con. A preview is available on the …
Don’t Call RedState ‘Ultraconservative’, Traitor Lover!
Erick Erickson has taken umbrage at WaPo “Right Turn” columnist Jennifer Rubin, in a post about an anti-abortion pledge, for using that adjective for the conservative group blog. RedState, Erickson says, is not “ultraconservative,” it is a right-of-center blog that allows a wide range of views among its writers. Moreover, just because a writer takes a position doesn’t mean that …
What We Now Know About The Harding Quote
In my previous post, I raised the question of how authentic Harding’s quote was about being unfit for the presidency – a quote widely repeated without any sourcing and time element. I could find just one possible source, which I described thusly: “The closest I’ve been able to find as a source is Wikiquote, which cites a 1939 book by …
Democrats, political favors and guns — Fabian Nunez leads the way in Sacramento
It hasn’t taken former Assemblyman Fabio Fabian Nunez much time to embroil himself in another controversial piece of legislation. First, the assemblyman used his close personnel relationship with Governor Schwarzenegger to get his son’s sentence commuted for the murder of a fellow college student, and now the disgraced state lawmaker has taken on the airgun/Airsoft and BB gun industry. When …
Wow! A state budget passed on time! Wow! But what kind of “wow” is it?
Once again we’re left with a “smoke and mirrors” budget that doesn’t solve the problem and just passes the deficit to the next year. SO far Governor Brown has stood behind his campaign pledge and vetoed this budget because of the usual “Smoke and Mirrors,” but how long will he do so? What we need are politicians that instead of …
Tea Party Endorsement for DeMaio for Mayor of San Diego?
Carl DeMaio’s candidacy for Mayor of San Diego is exciting to me as a member of the Tea Party. (And no, there is no official membership, it is a matter of self identification.) He has taken aggressive stands to bring spending under control in San Diego, and gained my personal gratitude for his work against Proposition D. Further, by consolidating …
Early Impressions of 2012 Mayor’s Race
Donna is San Diego’s political rock star. She is John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen and Eminem rolled into one. San Diego’s mayoral primary is a year away but it comes up just about every day. So please bear with me as I share a few thoughts. Let’s call it, “Early Impressions.” Early Impression No. 1: Too many people have written off …
Bertha Lopez Received Money From Contractors and Law Firm Connection
It’s interesting that Board Member Bertha Lopez keeps throwing stones at everyone else for taking money from contractors and the law firm for Sweetwater Union High School District. Most concerning, however, is her complete lack of forthrightness when it comes to her own campaign donations. Lopez attacks other board members for their donations, while continuing to say her votes are …
The Liberal Debate Playbook In Action By Local Journalist
Maass’s only attempt to argue historical economic facts doesn’t go beyond a few sentences where he bizarrely references pirates and kidnapping, but he wisely doesn’t dwell on this too much as he’s far more capable of winning a historical discussion on what someone said about Harding.
Be Encouraged Mr. President
President Obama has admitted with a chuckle that his “shovel ready” projects were not nearly as shovel ready as they had hoped. Many are upset with the president for seemingly laughing off the many people out of work as he seeks to create government jobs all the while exhibiting zero concern (or perhaps limited understanding) of a failing private sector …
Cap Alert Reports Garrick arrested on suspicion of drunken driving
From Capitol Alert… Ex Assembly GOP leader Martin Garrick arrested on suspicion of drunken driving Garrick is termed out in 2012, with long term plans to run for Mark Wyland’s term-limited Senate seat, somewhat dependent on redistricting maps being finalized.
UPDATED: Is Warren Harding Quote Spurious? Let’s Help Dave Maass Find Out
UPDATE #2 – Let’s be nice to Dave. We’ve had some enjoyable sparring, but I don’t want it to shed more heat than light. I instigated this, so I’d like to tone this down. —————————— UPDATE: Dave Maass replies in the comments. I append one tiny question he failed to answer. ——————————————————— “I am not fit for this office and …
Project Gunrunner Emails Released By Issa
Item of interest from Michelle Malkin, news on Project Gunrunner plus emails from Rostrafarian Darrell Issa: I’ve been keeping you abreast of all the Obama administration’s Project Gunrunner stonewalling since March (links/chronology below). Today, vigilant GOP House Oversight and Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa is holding another hearing to pressure Team Obama for the whole truth. On Monday, Issa and …
Watch Out Republicans: That Trump Card Might Just End The Game
Tuesday night, Donald Trump was interviewed by Sean Hannity of Fox News. Trump informed Hannity that if the Republicans do not nominate a strong enough candidate, he himself will run as an Independent since “Obama must be stopped.” Last week, on The O’Reilly Factor, Trump said something similar but at that time he only claimed he “might” run. Even Trump’s …
My Mayor Website’s Better Than Yours
As I mentioned in my recent Rostra blog on the mayor’s race, the three Republican candidates gotta spring from the gates to grab support and money. They need to do that by distinguishing themselves as to who they are in the race, which they can define not only by what they do on the trail but who supports them. So, …
Was Kehoe responsible for Brown’s clumsy purge of Republicans from the Del Mar Fair Board?
Just before the opening of this year’s Del Mar Fair, Gov. Jerry Brown’s staff hurriedly rushed to inform three long-time Del Mar Fair Board members their services would no longer be required: Chairman Barry Nussbaum, Kelly Burt, and Vivian Hardage. All three are Republicans. A controversy is now swirling around the dismissals, and there’s a whiff of Sen. Christine Kehoe’s …
Breaking: UT Budget Cuts Said to Result in Dismissal of Editorial Writer Don Sevrens, three Editors
SD Rostra has confirmed from several credible sources that a small round of San Diego U-T budget cuts today included the dismissal of longtime editorial writer Don Sevrens. A few other faces are said to have been removed as part of an ongoing reorganization, including Editors David Ogul, Catherine Snapp and Nancy Wyld. Sources contacted at the U-T could not …
Nearly 9 out of 10 Latino babies born in the U.S. relied on WIC says La Raza
La Raza sent out an email blast this week to supporters urging them to demand that their local lawmakers “Save our babies! Stop extreme cuts to the WIC program.” The La Raza email blast pointed out that “nearly nine out of ten Latino infants born in the United States participated in WIC in 2008. This program has been especially important …
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