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Sara Jacobs, 29, runs for Congress
Do you believe everything you read? Remind me what magazine this was in. Six months here, eight months there, and a grandfather who bankrolls both Obama and Hillary and also holds high-cost fund-raisers for them at his La Jolla home? Issa is gone. What matters is who replaces him. When Ms. Jacobs recently presented this same dreamy resume before a gathering of local Democratic women, seeking their endorsement, she didn't get it.— March 1, 2018 12:28 a.m.
Sara Jacobs, 29, runs for Congress
Jacobs' vanity candidacy is a crime and her speaking voice is too high to take what she says seriously. That someone like Jacobs can siphon away even one vote from the original stalwart Dem challenger of Republican congressman Darryl Issa -- ex-Marine Col. Doug Applegate who nearly beat Issa in 2016 -- seems deeply unfair. But politics is a bloodsport, and there are now so many Democrats in this race for Issa's open congressional seat that they may cancel each other out, returning the office to the GOP.— February 28, 2018 8:14 p.m.
We get letters
I would like to know what you don't like about Clint Eastwood, Scooter. I liked "Dirty Harry" which was newly shocking for its violence at the long ago time. I also liked "The Unforgiven" for Clint's revenge speech promising to hunt down his enemy, kill him and all his family and raze their home to the ground. Whew. Catharsis. Don't you ever feel like that?— February 27, 2018 10:31 p.m.
The Old Globe's Uncle Vanya should make you appreciate the internet
Now that I have actually seen "Uncle Vanya" at the small theater of the Old Globe, I am even more surprised by this ignorant dismissive review. I urge Readerreaders to hurry to buy a ticket, as the play closes in early March. The actors are superb, the staging and sound design are unusual and effective and unlike anything I've ever experienced, and the story by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov is intensely human and haunts one's thoughts long afterward. Garrett Harris should stick to his "screens." It's a pity Jeff Smith did not review this production.— February 26, 2018 10:38 p.m.
Reason for alarm in SD crosswalks
Crossing La Jolla Shores Drive on foot at the intersection of Downwind Way -- mid-point of a steep winding hill and vehicle raceway -- is a death wish. It is shocking that a crosswalk was installed at that place without flashing pedestrian lights to signal drivers heading both directions to pay attention and slow down. City traffic engineers are chronically obtuse about pedestrian safety and only deliver after tragedies are documented and lawsuits are filed.— February 23, 2018 1:15 p.m.
Kiddie matinee ends in bird-flipping silence
Got it! Excellent video. Thank you. The theater projectionist could have fixed the problem at your film-outing with the kid. The idea of letter-boxing "Lawrence of Arabia" is truly terrible -- an excellent example for technical language-learners. I enjoyed seeing different directors explaining "aspect ratio," though I thought Martin Scorsese was a twit.— February 23, 2018 12:54 p.m.
Kiddie matinee ends in bird-flipping silence
I don't know who's luckier -- Scott or Winnie -- in this fun outing of good companions. Meanwhile, one of them needs to explain to the rest of us what the heck an "aspect ratio" is, what it does and why it matters. I will say, Scott, that Justin Chang, the newish movie reviewer at the LA Times, has exhibited similar extreme esoteric tendencies -- once having seriously mentioned the superior qualities of a Thai movie director whose name I'd never heard and couldn't pronounce or spell.— February 22, 2018 9:50 p.m.
The tortuous relationship between hipsters and stick-and-ball sports
Sheesh, "their" (possessive) own blood over there (direction.)— February 22, 2018 9:27 p.m.
The Old Globe's Uncle Vanya should make you appreciate the internet
As I said earlier this week in another context, but also about Reader reviewers stepping outside their expertise : Philistine Central. (Try looking at the recent review of this production by LA Times theater critic Charles McNulty. He was over-the-moon.)— February 22, 2018 8:30 p.m.
Southwest Strategies signs on with Friends of SDSU
It will be interesting to see if San Diego's soccer-loving registered voters will turn out in greater numbers to approve the Soccer City measure for Mission Valley than the legions of good ol'boy developers who are backing the SDSU bid to grab the Qualcomm site. In a Clash of the Titans, it will come down to whose self-interest rules.— February 21, 2018 4:26 p.m.