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Nov 14, 2023 | Spread the Word
Originally published as a letter to the editor to the Santa Barbara Independent We called them “depolorables” and made reference to their god and their guns. I’ve seen the pickup trucks festooned with the flags and bumper stickers and profanity against the sitting...
Nov 12, 2023 | Spread the Word
I recently read an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal describing President Biden as the Democrat’s “weakest presidential nominee in decades” and in “disturbing decline”. Not only did this piece make me question the choices that were made in the selection of the...
Nov 17, 2022 | The Mesa Paper
The Holiday Season has begun! I wish all The Mesa Paper readers a terrific season. It’s often the time we focus on family, indoor activities, cooking smells, cool mornings, bright days, early dusks, and fiery sunsets. There are other reasons for optimism this year....
Nov 1, 2022 | The Mesa Paper
Many writers have repurposed T.S. Elliot’s phrase, “April is the cruelest month.” I won’t be the last when I say American election months are the cruelest season. In deep-blue California, the airwaves have been still relatively wavey except for the nonstop shady...
Sep 16, 2022 | The Mesa Paper
With instant communication and 24-hour news cycles, everything can appear important from media sources. It is – after all – the business of media to promote the news as important. Reporting can slide into expert opinion and speculation where the definitions of “news”...
Sep 4, 2022 | The Mesa Paper
Texas is already messed up enough on its own, thank you very much. Hardly a month goes by that we don’t read another story of the Texas mess. It would be a laughingstock among states, but these are not laughing matters. One of their two republican senators rebounded...
