Compiled by Brent E. Beltrán
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles by San Diego Free Press and OB Rag regulars, irregulars, columnists, and at-large contributors on Issa and DeMaio’s Ebola fascination, the UT’s ongoing decline, sexist Lincolnites, our progressive procrastinator’s guide to voting, Wankergate, crossing borders, dia de los muertos, Laura’s legacy, anti-democratic MTS, the new F word, Alaskan socialism, Troublemakers, ballot drop-off locations, OB Rag’s 7th birthday and other community news and progressive views from San Diego’s finest, all volunteer, don’t-get-paid-but-we-love-our-city-enough-to-do-this-for-free journalists of the San Diego Free Press and our mama site, the OB Rag. Read on and share with your friends, families and strangers.
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Darrell Issa’s App for Ebola
DeMaio’s Mexican Ebola Terrorist Border Plan
The Continuing Decline of UT-San Diego
Lincoln Club Plays the Sexism Card in District 6 City Council Race
November 2014 Progressive Procrastinator’s Voting Guide: San Diego Edition
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Goodbye San Francisco Bay Guardian; Hello Wankergate
From the Soul by Ernie McCray
They Had Nothing to Say to Each Other (Crossing Borders)
Desde la Logan by Brent E. Beltrán
What Does Día de los Muertos Mean to You?
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché
Scariest Halloween Masks of 2014
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia
Ebola, Not Guns, is Our Biggest Threat
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Geo-Poetic Spaces: The Gods Find Me
The History of the Neighborhood House by Maria Garcia
The History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: The Legacy of Laura Rodriguez
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week at SDFP and OB Rag: October 19-25
San Diego Free Press Regular and At-Large Contributors:
MTS Ad Policy: Incoherent, Inconsistent and Anti-Democratic
By Anna Daniels
Vince Sardina’s Labor of Love on the San Salvador
By Judi Curry
Recreating the San Salvador: A Fighting Top Goes Up and Cannon Gets Fired
By Judi Curry
Why Is Feminism More Offensive Than Rape, Inequality and the F-Word?
By Annie Lane
The Alaska Permanent Fund: Socialism in a Republican State
By John Lawrence
Two Poems: Sex & Death in the Desert; The Hourglass
By George Howell
100-Plus Labor Activists Assemble For Troublemakers Conference
By Daniel Gutiérrez and Victor Herzfeld
November 2014 Election Ballot Drop-Off Locations in San Diego County
By Anna Daniels
DIY Resistance: Grasp Things at the Root
By Will Falk
OB Rag Contributors:
Twelve Years Ago Today OB Held Its Largest Peace Rally This Century
By Marc Snelling
It’s the OB Rag’s 7th Birthday
By Frank Gormlie
OB Town Council Wants You to Volunteer for the Holidays
By Frank Gormlie
Debate Heats Up Over San Salvador “Historic Replica”
By Will Falk
More Photos from the ‘Great OB Flood’ of January 2010
By OB Rag Staff
Culture Brewing Co. Set to Open Tasting Room in Ocean Beach
By Matthew Wood
Restaurant Review: The Old Venice in Point Loma
By Judi Curry
Point Loma: Three Unit Complex on Wabaska Court Sold for $3/4 Million
By Frank Gormlie
“OB Time” for News
By OB Rag Staff
Tyler and Friends Have an OB Haunted House Just for Halloween
By Frank Gormlie
How Many Times Did You Flush The Toilet Today?
By Judi Curry
Point Loma Democrats Review the Propositions – Didn’t we hire the Legislature to do this?
By Lois Lane
The Ghoulish Sights of Halloween In OB – a Photo Gallery
By Frank Gormlie
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