Originally published in the Competitive Edge Newsletter, March 2018. I’ve known Jeff Marston since we both walked precincts for Ronald Reagan’s re-election campaign – yep, it was Morning in America in 1984. Those Del Cerro doors we knocked on had a lot of eager Reaganites behind them, so my one (and still only) precinct walk was a good one with …
Tony Gwynn Was Wrong
There can’t be many San Diegans who haven’t given thought about the late Tony Gwynn in the past week. Everyone’s got a story, including San Diego’s foremost political numbers guy, John Nienstedt of Competitive Edge Research & Communication. You might assume Nienstedt would be impressed by Gwynn’s many impressive numbers. Not exactly. In his latest blog post, Nienstedt is impressed …
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 …
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