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Bob Filner: Up to Now

| April 1, 2013 | 0 Comments

After last November’s election, Carl DeMaio, who lost to Bob Filner in the mayor’s race, held several press conferences to share with us what he thought needed to happen at City Hall and how he would monitor Mr. Filner’s tenure in office, even if that had yet to occur. I suggested on Facebook Mr. DeMaio’s […]

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The Devil & Alan Greenspan

| March 4, 2013 | 0 Comments

One afternoon late I stopped off at the Adams Avenue Book Store in Normal Heights. I needed to say hello to my friends, Betsy Brown and Michael Smythe. I normally drop by several times a month, but with extended travel – Denver, Boston and Washington (for President Obama’s Inauguration) – it had been a while. […]

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Manners & The New York Times

| February 2, 2013 | 0 Comments

When 325 U.S. and Canadian editors and publishers were asked by Time to name the world’s greatest newspaper, 79 percent named The New York Times. But that question was asked so long ago the next U.S. paper cited was the Chicago Tribune, which actually claimed the title of “World’s Greatest Newspaper,” but in the judgment […]

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Of Politics & Principles

| January 1, 2013 | 0 Comments

If we know a nation is capable of enduring continuous discussion, we know that it is capable of practicing with equanimity continuous tolerance. • Walter Bagehot Physics and Politics (1872) You will read this after that fact, when the dénouement of the “fiscal cliff” is known; whether the president or speaker prevailed; but deadlines are […]

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Bob Filner & The Politics of Change

| November 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Nicolo Machiavelli The Prince (1532) Since this column bears my name you may assume what you read in this space is indeed […]

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The Things That Seem & Those That Are

| November 1, 2012 | 0 Comments

by George Mitrovich For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances As though they were reality, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are. • Nicolo Machiavelli, The 8th Institute This column first appeared in 2005. Since that putative debut I have expressed many opinions about […]

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AA – Romney, Ryan & Rand – III

| September 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

I am a confessing Christian but understand people have a right to their own faith beliefs – or the absence thereof. My Christian convictions run deep but I do not proselytize. I am a welcoming person and my welcome is inclusive. I take seriously what Jesus said about loving our neighbors and respecting one another. […]

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Which America?

| September 6, 2012 | 0 Comments

 America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and  lose our freedoms; it will be because we destroyed ourselves.   — Abraham Lincoln Mitt Romney has repeatedly said the presidential campaign is between two visions of America. As a candidate for president, Mr. Romney has frequently been frustratingly ambiguous, but in this […]

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The Dog Days of Summer

| July 31, 2012 | 0 Comments
The Dog Days of Summer

In last month’s column I wrote about “Barack Obama & The End Time” and some of you sent emails largely in agreement, for which I thank you. (Although one person wrote to say that most of the time my columns just annoy him but the Obama one he liked. Great.) It was a long essay, […]

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Barack Obama & The End Time

| June 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

 Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Winston Churchill To the students at Harrow, 1941 I had breakfast recently with Padres president Tom Garfinkel and former state finance director Steve Peace. […]

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