A lot of them — the kids, I mean — went to boot camp, came out of boot camp, got on an airplane to Vietnam, and went straight to the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone). One such …
November 6, 1997
News & Stories
They went from MCRD to Vietnam – Khe Sanh, Con Thien, Dewey Canyon – and finally San Diego
How and why the blind use an ATM
Matt: You know how ATM machines are... every bank is different. Some have buttons next to the screen, some have buttons on the counter below the screens. Some ask you if you want $20, $40, …
November 6, 1997
Jamaica Kincaid's My Brother
“The new editor at the New Yorker isn’t interested in writing, at all. At first I didn’t understand that she wasn’t interested in writing. That she was, you know, interested in giving a good party.”
November 6, 1997
Zundel, North America's premiere Holocaust revisionist, run by Carlsbad woman
Ingrid Rimland sees herself as a "determined, hardworking German mother." The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sees her as a "ferociously anti-Semitic pro-Nazi apologist" - a characterization Rimland dismisses with impatience. "I am not a hateful person," …
November 6, 1997
UCSD-TV: boob tube for eggheads
It's 3:00 a.m. Sleep is beyond reach. You don't have cable; you have four channels, not counting those in Spanish. You've got an infomercial, Smokey and the Bandit III, news, and PBS - a show …
November 6, 1997
George Gorton's tenant, pornography kingpin Reuben Sturman,
George Gorton, Mayor Susan Golding's ex-boyfriend and current campaign guru, is raising eyebrows in state political circles. It seems that Nelson Communications, the public relations and lobbying firm Gorton has gone to work for in …
November 6, 1997
Those sun billboards saying "use your cabeza"
Matt: My girlfriend and I have seen these sun billboards around town lately that say, “Use your cabeza.” We both have our guesses about what they're advertising, so we ended up making a bet. If …
November 6, 1997