Anna’s Video Pick – Marcos Efron’s Common Practice
There are moments which transcend the need for words. Marcos Efron’s short video “Common Practice” reveals one of those moments.
Posted in: Anna's Video Pick, Culture, Media
Tagged: music
Ready to debate: Is all graffiti equal?
Here are two examples of graffiti sprayed or written on local Ocean Beach walls. One has a political message, and…
Posted in: Culture, Environment, Ocean Beach
Tagged: graffiti
What’s His Name? An Essay by Shirley Robinson Sprinkles, Ph.D
Source January 12, 2011 13 Comments on What’s His Name? An Essay by Shirley Robinson Sprinkles, Ph.D
Editor: Shirley Robinson Sprinkles, a lifelong friend of Ernie McCray, wrote to us sharing her thoughts on the events that…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Culture
Tagged: Arizona
‘Aflockalypse’: Here’s Why We Should Really Be Concerned About the Huge Bird and Fish Die-off
Source January 11, 2011 1 Comment on ‘Aflockalypse’: Here’s Why We Should Really Be Concerned About the Huge Bird and Fish Die-off
The massive death toll of dead birds and sea life should draw attention to the countless other species on the…
Posted in: Culture, Environment
Abbott and Saratoga Sold!
By A.W. Maris / Special to the OB Rag
“Too long a sacrifice
Can make a stone of the heart
O when may it suffice?” – W.B. Yeats
You don’t see the signs. Especially in these times of gaiety lost amongst an otherwise grey and somber season.
Posted in: Culture, Economy, Environment, Ocean Beach
Secrets of a Marriage Where Love Flowed As Strong As An Ocean Wave
Ernie McCray January 11, 2011 3 Comments on Secrets of a Marriage Where Love Flowed As Strong As An Ocean Wave
I see before me photographs of a sprinkling of my wife’s ashes soaking in the sand along the shore in…
Posted in: From the Soul, Life Events
Let’s get this straight about the rhetoric: both sides are not “just as bad”
Source January 10, 2011 7 Comments on Let’s get this straight about the rhetoric: both sides are not “just as bad”
By Melissa McEwan / Shakesville / January 10, 2011 Both sides are, in fact, not “just as bad,” when it…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Culture, Media
Sorry kids….
We were doing some wordpress (code is poetry) training on the live site. Not a good idea. So it’s either…
Posted in: Civil Rights
Climate of Hate
By Paul Krugman / The New York Times / January 9, 2011 When you heard the terrible news from Arizona, were…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Popular
Gun Sight Cross-Hairs: Sarah Palin and San Diego’s Secret Army Organization of the Seventies
Source January 10, 2011 10 Comments on Gun Sight Cross-Hairs: Sarah Palin and San Diego’s Secret Army Organization of the Seventies
By J. Christensen Has the vitriolic political rhetoric of the last decade laid the foundation for the tragedy in Tucson?…
Posted in: Civil Rights, San Diego
Neo-Confederates, the Militias and the Tea Parties – Are We Heading for a Second Civil War?
Frank Gormlie January 10, 2011 41 Comments on Neo-Confederates, the Militias and the Tea Parties – Are We Heading for a Second Civil War?
Originally posted April 21, 2010 I began writing this nearly a week ago, on Tax Day, April 15th, as thousands…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Culture, Election, Popular, War and Peace
Tagged: Tea Party
Anna’s Video Pick – Joyce Kaufman, “If Ballots Don’t Work, Bullets Will”
Anna Daniels January 10, 2011 36 Comments on Anna’s Video Pick – Joyce Kaufman, “If Ballots Don’t Work, Bullets Will”
Since I started this column a few months ago, I have concentrated upon the quirky, the intriguing, the aesthetically pleasing….
Posted in: Anna's Video Pick, Media, Popular
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