Reflections on the Jewish Arts Festival
The 24th Annual Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts festival, directed and produced by Todd Salovey, has been a multicultural learning experience for me.
First was the exhibit of Boris Malkin , a painter, graphic...
Bob Gannon’s Odyssey: Harrowing Flight and South America
Turtle Galapagos
The area between Africa and South America is known as a dangerous place to fly. Imagine doing it in a Cessna 182. Robert Gannon did just that. He flew from the...
House of Mexico Grand Opening Oct. 9!
The House of Mexico finally has its own cottage and will celebrate with a Grand Opening on Saturday, Oct. 9 at 4:30 p.m.
The House of Mexico, a nonprofit community organization, is part of the...
First ever age-friendly film festival to be held this Saturday, November 13 at Reading...
Media Arts Center San Diego (MACSD), in partnership with AARP, The San Diego Foundation and the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, Aging & Independence Services, is celebrating the completion of...
Americans broadly support legal status for immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children
About three-quarters of U.S. adults say they favor granting permanent legal status to immigrants who came illegally to the United States when they were children, with the strongest support coming from Democrats and Hispanics,...
Fourteen Sonnets of Garcilaso de la Vega
Ten years have elapsed since I resolved to plunge into my memory the ensuing nose rag-like fourteen sonnets written by Garcilaso de la Vega (1503, Toledo, Spain; 1536, Nice, France), with which one can...
Deborah Szekely and Aging Gracefully
How does one live to be 95 and in good shape mentally and physically? Common wisdom tells us to eat well, exercise, stay positive, be part of a community, etc. Of course, it also...
Amid growing coronavirus threat, Mexico’s president says he’s putting trust in good-luck charms
In recent weeks, as Mexico’s neighbors to the north and south have restricted air travel and closed schools and businesses to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has nonchalantly portrayed his country as...
Herbie and Abbie- A Fine Match
What do actor Herbert Siguenza and the late activist Abbie Hoffman have in common? Having had the honor to meet them both, I can say they are not only warm and charismatic, but they...
The Plight of Adjunct Teachers
Here in California, adjunct teachers are like the comedian, Rodney Dangerfield, in the community college world. They get some respect, but not a lot, despite being the backbone of the system.
More classes are taught...