“I’ve seen it around,” says my neighbor Nick about the sign in his front yard, “and every time, I liked it, because it pretty much says what I believe. We’re all just human beings, and …
November 25, 2020
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Steve Peace's version of the French Laundry scandal
Steve Peace’s Maui Wowie The seemingly endless covid lockdown may be the order of the day for civilians, but a horde of California politicos was on the road to Maui last week, thanks to the …
November 25, 2020
SDG&E line man fired for white power sign
Emmanuel Cafferty is not a white supremacist. If he were, he would subscribe to a doctrine wherein he admits his own inferiority, as Cafferty is of mostly Mexican descent. But during a June 3 drive …
November 25, 2020
Less Mexico, more San Diego please
Plea from Santee I am continually irked that the San Diego Reader routinely excludes information about many San Diego areas, including mine, Santee, but devotes big chunks of space to Mexico (“Borderland Beat shut down”, …
November 25, 2020
Garbage thinking with Ben Wheatley
In The Simpsons: Season 7, Episode 3, “Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily,” Homer and Marge lose custody of their children and have to attend a parenting class in order to get them back. At one point, the …
November 25, 2020
Venting frustration over Baby Yoda eating frog eggs
Dear Hipster: 2020 is almost over, and I think we can all agree it’s been a hell of a year. Rather than dwell on the weirdness of 2020, I want to take a look back …
November 25, 2020