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 related to our Guns, Policy and Progressives series plus Cuban normalization, Sony’s capitulation, Stingray (neither Schwinn nor Corvette), torture, saying “No More”, toys for American kids of deportees, a Machete toon, video poetry and, as always, the best news from the People’s Republic of OB.
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Newtown Families Sue AR-15 Gun Maker
The City Council’s Symbolic Re-Vote on Lightner as President
Cuba Sí! Decades of Failed Foreign Policy Comes to an End
Sony Pictures Cyber Attack: Pearl Harbor or Forrest Gump?
SDPD: Tell Us About Your Stingray Cell Phone Spy System
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
On Torture: Deeper into the American Heart of Darkness
From the Soul by Ernie McCray
Let’s say “No More” Violence Against Women
Desde la Logan by Brent E. Beltrán
Restaurateur and Cartoonist Join Forces to Help Children of Deported Veterans, DREAMers, and Refugees
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia
US Funds Mexico’s War on Drugs
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Geo-Poetic Spaces: Talking To Myself
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: Dec 7-13
San Diego Free Press Regular and At-Large Contributors:
The Day School Shootings Became the Norm
By Annie Lane
A Call for Councilwoman Zapf to Do the Right Thing
By Lori Saldaña
SDFP Editors Debate To Publish or Not to Publish a Submission
By SDFP Editorial Board and Dr. Fredi Avalos
The Gun Death Capital of the World – United States of America
By John Lawrence
Holiday Noir
By Bob Dorn
Penis Control Before Gun Control
By Will Falk
Video Interview with Balboa Park Protestors about Justice and Race Relations
By Horacio Jones
OB Rag Contributors:
OB Project Review Committee: 4950 Saratoga – Demolition of 2 Units and Construction of 4
By Frank Gormlie
San Diego Joins National Protests Against Police Violence
By Frank Gormlie
Saratoga Condos Being Readied – Are All the Units Already Rented?
By Frank Gormlie
SeaWorld WATCH: CEO and 108 Workers Let Go, But No Orcas
By Frank Gormlie
Ocean Beach Being Considered for National Surfing Reserve
By Frank Gormlie
Call for Volunteers by OB Town Council for Food and Toy Drive
By OB Rag Staff
Historical Society Takes Trip Through Time With New OB Book
By Matthew Wood
Use “San Salvador” Replica to Tell the True Story of What Happened to Native Americans in San Diego and California
By Frank Gormlie
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