On the front page of today’s El Norte is a photograph of Mexico State governor, Arturo Montiel and his nearly naked wife at a lavish seaside mansion in Acapulco. What sets this photograph apart from the typical daily digest of National Enquirer-like snapshots of politicians and their entourages here in Mexico is its source, which [...]

The rumors are true. My account wasn’t really “lost” and my hard drive didn’t “crash”. I have to admit it: I’ve actually been a paid operative for the Bush administration posting on liberal blogs under the pseudonym “ImNotaRepubISwear”. Yes, it is slimy, but they pay well and it’s probably what I would have been [...]

A week and a half ago Mari posted a great piece about Wal-Mart’s recent underwriting of NPR. Then I wrote on San Diego Blog about a recent survey by KPBS on San Diegans’ perception of Wal-Mart. It has inspired some interesting comments.
This morning I get my weekly KPBS newsletter in my inbox and see [...]

Yesterday around 12:30 I hopped on the bus on my way to work. For a Sunday it seemed crowded, filled with tourists and young European backpackers; something I hadn’t seen in San Diego for some time. Getting comfy in the back with the Oceanside veterans coming back from the VA hospital, I put on [...]

Yesterday’s New York Times has an interesting article about preserving China’s cultural heritage during an economic boom time. The former deputy director of the China National Institute for Cultural Property was quoted as saying, "The tension between economic development and conservation is everywhere, and it’s very serious … most frequently it’s the cultural site [...]

One of the greatest things about blogging is that enables you to be your own editor. Obviously there are billions and billions of stories from around the world that a newspaper editor could choose to put on the front page of his/her paper or that a blogger can put on his/her index page.
Keeping up to [...]

Reuters quoted a Spanish official as saying after the Madrid train bombings: “The hardest thing [for the rescue workers] was hearing mobile phones ringing in the pockets of the bodies. They couldn’t get that out of their heads.”