Almost everyone has said something about Jonathan Martin’s departure from the Miami Dolphins. We’ve heard from Martin’s spokespeople and former teammates. We’ve heard from other members of the Dolphins. We’ve heard from former players, particularly those who are a part of network coverage teams. Sunday, we heard from Richie Incognito, the player who sent Martin…
One of my favorite memories of the Filner administration (yes, I have a few) was a story he told at, among other places, the 2013 All People’s Celebration. A certain prominent developer and political adversary had some permit issues, and someone from his office had called the mayor’s staff to say when they should meet…
Despite the current respite from the government shutdown and near default, we aren’t really much closer to a real budget deal. House Republicans want to keep discretionary spending at the slashed levels of the sequester and decrease the deficit through cuts to entitlements like Medicare and Social Security. President Obama wants to ease the sequester…
After the late June Supreme Court decision allowing same-sex couples to wed in California, marriage equality had a quiet late summer and early fall. That ended Monday, with the enforcement of a state court decision making New Jersey the 14th state with marriage equality. Gov. Chris Christie’s decision to stop his appeal promises that this…
I was disappointed that Interim Mayor Todd Gloria didn’t run to keep the job. I thought he (along with Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins) had the best chance of defeating more conservative candidates to keep working on the progressive promises of former Mayor Filner. As one of his District 3 constituents, I also thought he…
My parents bought my brother and me a video game system, allegedly to improve our hand-eye coordination and thus our poor penmanship. They quickly realized that we would play video games at the expense of all else, and set up some rules. The first hour was free. The second hour had to be paid back…
When Fox News aired a story last month highlighting Jason Greenslate, a San Diego surfer musician who bought lobster with his CalFresh support (aka food stamps, aka Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP), the response from the right was swift and vicious. Like the relentlessly demonized “welfare mothers” of the 1990s, he was the proof…
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been touring the country trying to get businesses to move to Texas. If he really wants to bring more money into his state, perhaps he should talk to Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak. Rybak has been touring states without marriage equality, inviting same-sex couples to wed in Minneapolis. Minnesota is the…
In about fourth grade, adolescent boys (at least I think it’s just the boys) start taunting each other with the game “Would you rather do ______ or kiss your mother on the lips?” For those who don’t remember this, or a similar game, the blank is an ever-worsening list of disgusting things for which the…
So now we know. Mayor Filner will be succeeded by the winner of a “normal” special election, not a post recall free for all. That means the winner will have to get more than 50 percent, if not in the first special election then in the subsequent run-off. That likely narrows the slate considerably by…
