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Lest we be lost in the long black night
All very well, but somebody at the Reader ought to review this play for what it is: powerful, deeply human, beautifully staged and acted and, most of all, not to be missed.— September 21, 2017 6:17 p.m.
As McSwain attrits, what's next for U-T?
But does Merriam-Webster have "attrit" as a verb? To attrit -- is that really a thing? But here's more worrisome handwriting on the wall: I just got a postcard from the Los Angeles Times notifying me that their billing department will no longer allow one-year subscriptions, paid in advance. Management is going to a 13-week subscription cycle.— September 19, 2017 6 p.m.
Cheetahs scandal: the novelization
Actually, Ralph Inzunza was on track to be the first Latino mayor of San Diego, until youthful hubris brought him down. Opportunities lost.— September 16, 2017 1:04 p.m.
Cheetahs scandal: the novelization
No, Inzunza was the leader of the pack, which is why he got sentenced, even after appealing for nine years.— September 16, 2017 1 p.m.
San Diego still cheaping out on cops
As part of the current pendulum swing toward "restorative justice" in public education, there are no more drug busts in San Diego Unified schools, just uninterrupted drug sales in the bathrooms.— September 16, 2017 12:54 p.m.
Cheetahs scandal: the novelization
Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. Who said that? Anyway, moving on, I've read "The Camp" in one sitting and it was fun -- our hero is nicknamed "El Alcalde" by fellow inmates who are small-fry Latino gangbangers, doing a long time for pushing drugs. Inzunza ultimately expresses sympathy for them, believing their life circumstances and punishment exceed their crimes. He'll be discussing his book at Warwick's Bookstore in La Jolla on October 6 at 7 p.m.— September 15, 2017 3:35 p.m.
Breaking Bad: Clairemont edition
Another correction: Councilman Chris Cate is a Republican.— September 15, 2017 12:52 a.m.
Man breaches San Onofre perimeter
Let's take a moment to recall that former state legislator Christine Kehoe was exploring a nuclear power renaissance in California just before the earthquake off Fukushima, Japan, created a disastrous dead zone from a shore-based nuclear plant that was destroyed by a tsunami there. When you think of San Onofre, remember Fukushima.— September 14, 2017 12:30 p.m.
And now a message against SoccerCity
Oh please. Do you really think Soccer City is "a disaster" for taxpayers -- who are not on the hook for one thin dime; who get that concrete pile of once-named Jack Murphy/Qualcomm/San Diego Stadium razed along with its acres of concrete parking lots; who will get an attractive smaller stadium that may actually draw a permanent major league soccer team to our city which also can be used by the beloved SDSU Aztec football squad; who will see commercial and residential development in the area along with a San Diego River Park? Such a civic "disaster" should happen more often. One has to appreciate the reportorial honesty of Matt Potter who has been skeptical of Soccer City all along, but who brings us the unvarnished San Diego truth: the financial guru who's been counseling caution and wiser ways than the Soccer City plan in the pages of the Union-Tribune has been taking more than a million dollars in fees from rival developers to the Soccer City folks. I'm shocked, shocked.— September 13, 2017 10:52 p.m.
Betty the Loon never had a dream with a happy ending
Dated? You must be kidding. This brutal play is second only -- and not by much -- to Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night" for searing parental selfishness and permanent damage to children. You imagine that the mother, Beatrice, "might even change her ways completely." That will never happen: the playgoer is lucky Beatrice doesn't kill off Nanny, the old lady who is in her paid care, though she does manage a second-best annihilation. During intermission last weekend, the bartender said to me,"How are you enjoying the show? It's a more difficult play...." I couldn't even answer him. The dialogue is lively and full of exaggeration and sometimes a few people in the audience would actually laugh, but I never understand why. "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" at the Cygnet Theater in Old Town is stunningly true and dark and the performances were perfect.— September 13, 2017 6:42 p.m.