Compiled by Brent E. Beltrán

This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, toons and poetry by San Diego Free Press and OB Rag regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, sourced writers and poets on right wing bigots, Todd Gloria’s next race, police murder in SC, TPP, Russian roulette with water, Chavez photo murals, Extreme Weather Watch, Alliance SD supporting president on immigrants, Mexicali Chinese, plus lots of goodies from OB and literature for National Poetry Month.   [Read more…]

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, at-large contributors, sourced writers and poets on National Poetry Month, Steve Kowit, Indiana’s religious freedumb law, Sea World going Scientology, Cali’s drought, the fight for $15, baseball, needing empathy, Lena Horne, Ayotzinapa march, nuclear news, and lots of articles from/for our friends in OB.   [Read more…]

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, at-large contributors and sourced writers on the “Death for Gays” initiative, marijuana legalization, easier voting, Civic San Diego, evil SD Bay monster, Obamacare hypocrite Ted Cruz, an ode to the Surfing Madonna, the criminal HBSC, California’s drought, Zurbarán and Sorolla, Uptown Planners hating on cyclists, Donna Frye on open government and a tsunami of Ocean Beach news.   [Read more…]

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, at-large contributors and sourced writers on the GOP’s march to madness, SD spring activism, Bonnie’s Law, Pi Day, corporate Dems going after progressive Dems, oversight of Civic SD needed, frat boys toon, barrio bakeoff, searching for local progressive history, Freep Maria Garcia honored, Caravan 43, and a half dozen pieces for our hippy friends in OB.   [Read more…]

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, at-large contributors and sourced writers on K-Faulc’s mediocre first year, UT buyers, climate change battles, unlikely new stadium, the Mayor’s infrastructure fantasy, The Bibi & Boehner Show, breaking the Chicago machine, deadly oil trains, SD Latino Film Festival, Civic San Diego’s roadshow, and a pierful of OB news and views.   [Read more…]

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, at-large contributors and sourced writers on the Chargers leaving narrative, crime and punishment roosting at home, gas prices on the rise, Corey Briggs, CPAC wingnuttery, Barrio Bits, adjunct profs getting screwed, Gandalf vetoes XL, Perry’s Café review, slow renewable energy conversion, happy talk Newt, the best medicine, the origins of institutionalized racism and lots of news nuggets from OB.   [Read more…]

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, at-large contributors and sourced writers on west coast ports’ labor unrest, our super mayor taking over New York, marriage equality and SCOTUS, bike share and helmets, immigration and the not so GOP, the class war, Brian Williams’ friendly fire, a youth party, stopping vicious dogs, and a pocketful of news from OB.   [Read more…]

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, at-large contributors and sourced writers on the Chargers’ stadium pipe dream, biz as usual in SD, the U-T’s hilarious 2^nd term Obama predictions, anti-vaxxers’ immunity from reason, SD labor going green, a pile of offshore Apple cash, Ché Café fights on, dirty frackers poisoning wells, the passing of an OB icon and more news from the funkiest community by the sea.   [Read more…]

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, at-large contributors and sourced writers on UC doc’s one day strike, local GOP fighting money limit, the City budget, VofSD picking on minimum wage advocates, Super Bowl winners and losers, Eisenhower Obama, honoring MLK’s dream beyond the holiday, Echo Sparks bringing real country, water main breaks, Civic San Diego and CBA’s, Andrea Skorepa, and lots of great OB news.   [Read more…]

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 anti-vaxholes, the Issa Revenue Service, the State of the Union speech, not lovin’ McD’s, needing a fierce urgency of now, King Tiger, some bits from the barrio, a record hot 2014, the 4 Mile March, CommonUnion59 brings anti-hipster folk, and, as usual, a bunch of OB happs.   [Read more…]

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 the strike at Kaiser, policing the po-po, global warming, the failed state of the city address, Repugs in Coronado, Dems needing to step up on budget, the return of the Neighborhood House, the American Dream redefined, Readers Write, forum on death, MLK happenings, more from Unist’ot’en, and lots of goodies from the fine folks at the OB Rag.   [Read more…]