The Starting Line – All is Not Clear on the Low Wage Front: San Diego...
By Doug Porter Years of growing inequality have taken their toll on low-wage workers over several decades even as workplace productivity has increased. A minimum-wage income in 1968 was higher than the...
View ArticleShould We Have Saved AIG and Other Wall Street Banks? (Con’t)
Frank Thomas: The Rescue of AIG in 2008 was the Right Decision, Con't. Part 3 of a multipart series, John will give his "NO" answer in Part 4. Part 2 can be found here by Frank Thomas and John...
View ArticleSchool Board Okays Controversial Sale of Prime Mission Beach School Property...
By Frank Gormlie/ OB Rag On Tuesday, May 14th, the San Diego Unified School District board authorized the sale of the former Mission Beach Elementary School property to private developers - despite...
View ArticleIt’s a Sad Day in America When the Navy Launches a San Diego-Built Drone off...
It's a sad day in America. The US Navy launched the first carrier-based drone off its deck the other day, off the coast of Virginia. It's an even sadder day for us in San Diego, as the drone was...
View ArticleShould the Big Wall Street Banks Have Been Allowed to Fail? – Part 4
by Frank Thomas and John Lawrence Frank has eloquently argued "Yes" here in Part 2 and continued here in Part 3 of our examination of the financial crisis of 2008. Part 1 dealt with Republican economic...
View ArticleThe Starting Line – Republicans Ask: Can We Find Obama Guilty First and Have...
The Scandal Trifecta That Isn't By Doug Porter After five years of waiting and hoping, Republicans of the Tea Party persuasion have finally reached a hysterical critical mass. Here, they’re saying, is...
View ArticleThe IRS War on Medical Marijuana Providers
By Clarence Walker / StoptheDrugWar.org Dispensaries providing marijuana to doctor-approved patients operate in a number of states, but they are under assault by the federal government. SWAT-style...
View ArticleCouncil for Business Improvement District Avoids Conflict With Mayor Filner...
By Doug Generoli The release of Mayor Bob Filner’s initial 2014 budget proposal caused quite a storm in the past several weeks with politicians and the media finding much to criticize. In large part...
View ArticleThis Widder’s Got Her Dander Up About Ralph’s New Checkout Lanes!
By Judi Curry (aka the Widder Curry) As the “mother” of my household – put the emphasis wherever you think it should be – I do all of the grocery shopping. My feet are not anchored in cement, and I...
View ArticleThe Starting Line – Driven to Despair: Are San Diego’s Taxis Like a...
By Doug Porter A survey released yesterday leaves little room for doubt that conditions in the local taxi industry pose a very real threat to the safety of passengers, drivers and the general public in...
View ArticleCalifornia Obamacare Insurance Exchange Announces Premium Rates
By Rick Ungar / Forbes Every now and again, a political pundit is required to stand up and admit to the world that he or she got it wrong. For me, this would be one of those moments. For quite some...
View ArticleHigh School Drop-Out Earns $250 Million
This guy didn't get the memo about dropouts having no future By John Lawrence High school drop-out David Karp just sold Tumblr to Yahoo for $1.1 billion. His share of the take was a cool $250 million....
View ArticleThe First Step Toward a Balanced Budget is Getting Republicans Out of Office
By Doug Porter Welcome to the Memorial Day Edition of the Starting Line. Our lead story in today’s review of the news comes from Sunday’s New York Times, focusing on California’s budget problems. Over...
View ArticleWhere Will Taxi Drivers, Hotel Maids, Grocery Clerks, School Aides and...
The San Diego Free Press neighborhood focus during the month of May has been on Golden Hill, one of San Diego's oldest communities. One of the most visible elements of Golden Hill is the elegant old...
View ArticlePeace Breaks Out at City Hall as Filner, Employees Announce Contract Proposal
By Doug Porter More than a decade of demonizing public employees in San Diego appeared to be coming to close yesterday, with the announcement of a tentative deal between the City and six labor unions....
View ArticleSan Diego Professor Taking Global Warming Fight to the Markets
A successful effort to convince CalSTRS to divest in fossil fuel stocks would be first significant economic victory in fight against global warming. By Andy Cohen Most people accept that global warming...
View Article“If They Didn’t Have Bad Luck They’d Have No Luck At All”
By Judi Curry Have you ever wondered why some people have “good luck” while others continually have “bad luck”? Have you ever wondered what can be done to change the bad luck to good luck? Four leaf...
View ArticleCorporate Censorship in 2012: All the News They Didn’t Deem Fit to Print
By Jim Miller In last week’s column, I discussed Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman’s propaganda model and noted how it was even more relevant today than it was when they first published Manufacturing...
View ArticleThe Fallacy of the “Non-Partisan” Lincoln Club
Endorsement of Carl DeMaio over Scott Peters washes away any pretense of the club's non-partisanship. By Andy Cohen The Lincoln Club yesterday formally endorsed Carl DeMaio in his quest to unseat...
View ArticleRepublican Descent Into Irrelevancy Provides Political Openings for Progressives
By Lucas O'Connor / Special to the San Diego Free Press The week's news cycle has been a non-stop roller coaster ride, with major stories piling on top of each other for coverage. It got so far out of...
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