Category: National News
Timken Museum of Art Hosts Series of Small Displays of Art
Object Lessons: Francisco de Goya’s Self Portrait with Dr. Arriet The second in the series of major loans to the Timken Museum of Art comes from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Francisco de Goya’s Self-Portrait with Dr. Arrieta, from 1820 and one of the artist’s masterpieces, will be on display at the Timken beginning May [...]
Davy Jones last San Diego Interview
by Kevin Fulton When we sat down with Davy Jones I had no idea this would become his last interview. He was healthy, happy and making plans for the future, 30 days later he passed away. Davy Jones was not a wild party animal. He didn’t live the outrageous Hollywood lifestyle. Davy and his wife [...]
Robert F. Kennedy For Our Time
I started writing monthly for the Presidio Sentinel in March of 2005. That was 78-months and more than a 125,000 words ago. I am not qualified to judge how my “body of work” stands, but I should guess in the grander schemes of things that judgment will never be made because you have to be [...]
Batman Filmmaker Shares His Dream Come True
By Michael Uslan Dreams are a hard thing to have these days. We can chalk that up to the economy, the stock market and unemployment rates, but the truth is that no matter where you come from or where you grew up, times have always been a little tough. It was no different for me. [...]
New York High Line
by Carl Strona This month your usual reporter is taking a much-deserved break, and I, her husband Carl, am subbing this month. As a result of a short vacation to celebrate New Year’s Eve with a group of friends, this month’s topic is The High Line Park in New York City. Since the column is [...]
Dr. Phil Supports CASA San Diego
Members of Makua, Friends of Voices for Children and local advocates for foster youth were featured on CBS nationwide this past January on the Dr. Phil Show. Makua organized a group of 50 of its members and CASA volunteers to attend a taping of the show at the Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. Dr. Phil [...]
San Diego Pacific Islander and Indigenous Native American Communities Send off Pacific Voyagers on their 10,000 mile journey in Canoes.
San Diego, CA- San Diego’s Pacific Islander and indigenous Native American communities hosted a traditional Polynesian farewell ceremony for the Pacific Voyagers on Saturday, January 21st at Spanish Landing Park. The Pacific Voyagers have been in San Diego for the last six months winterizing their vakas (traditional Polynesian canoes), and will be departing on Tuesday, [...]
Between the Lines
by Alice Lowe Why Burn the Books? In Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451,” the people called firemen aren’t putting out fires, they’re starting them. They’re the book burners, intent upon ridding the totalitarian society of the threats inherent in having an informed and educated populace. An image from the film is posted on the Occupy [...]
Do You Know Simone Weil?
If you read what follows, know that it arises from a sense of personal duty. To what desired end, beyond my need to share, I’m unclear. But if you read this and are persuaded to learn about the woman of whom I write, then my time will not have been spent without just cause. Let [...]
On Being An Outsider in America
I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere andnowhere… Being a human being is what truly counts. That’s where you’ll find me. • Annie Lennox The U-T in its Sunday edition of September 18 ran a major front-page story on the 150th anniversary of Temple Beth Israel. The newspaper is to be congratulated for its placement and [...]
