The Pope Isn’t Coming to San Diego – Don’t Let That Be Your Excuse for Doing Nothing

The Pope Isn’t Coming to San Diego – Don’t Let That Be Your Excuse for Doing Nothing Posted: 18 Sep 2015 10:20 AM PDT By Doug Porter Pope Francis is coming to the United States next week, and will bump the Trump off the top off the news pile. His message will be somewhat different than what Americans are used to hearing from the Catholic Church. Already Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) has written a letter saying he’ll be boycotting the Pope’s address to Congress because of “socialist talking points...presented to guilt people into leftist policies.” While I’ve got plenty of issues with Catholic Church* doctrine and policies, this is one of those times when perfection can be the enemy of progress. Let’s seize the moment and use the occasion to take action towards making the world a better place... Or you can sit and stew. Your choice.   [Read more...] San Diego Free Press shared from North Of The Fence: South Bay Events & Politics Posted: 18 Sep 2015 09:24 AM PDT By Barbara Zaragoza / South Bay Compass Because there’s so much to do North of the fence…. but not much North of the I-54. This week, many activities feature awareness of our environment, including at Olivewood Gardens, Wild Willow Farm, Suzie’s Farm and the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve. Chula Vista has been in the news lately, with reporters taking a closer look at the massive development going on. Sometimes believed to be divided between the poor West and the rich East, the city council is trying to attract developers to the West. They’re also trying to create a “smart” Bayfront full of never-before-seen technology.   [Read more...] Monument Valley: The King Memorial Posted: 18 Sep 2015 05:18 AM PDT By Nat Krieger An archeologist honing her professional chops in 4015 could be forgiven for concluding that the marble and granite ruins in Washington D.C.’s Monument Valley were temples, each devoted to a deified human, or perhaps a god who took human form. If only it were so simple. Those of us living in the third century of the republic know these were mortals. For one thing they’re all dead. Among the sons of the South for example, Thomas Jefferson has remained dead for 189 years, Martin Luther King for 48. The sanctity of their memorials’ dutifully hushed spaces is fortified and mocked by the swinging elbows of ideas, dreams, hypocrisies, even dodgy ruminations on the roles of the architect and the visitors--all stuff we can’t declare dead, or even quantify.   [Read more...]

Geo-Poetic Spaces: Syrian Dust Storm Posted: 18 Sep 2015 05:16 AM PDT A cloud is suffocating the splintered island Groves of umbrellas folded into deserted beachfronts smothered by ashes of Armenian children burned alive by the same state of repudiation stabbing unhealed wounds   [Read more...]

Ceremony Marks ‘A National Treasure in the Barrio’ Standing Tall at City Hall Posted: 18 Sep 2015 05:12 AM PDT Photos and Story by Miguel Cid On September 16th, City Hall's Administration Building lobby doors opened and Barrio Logan's 45 year old Chicano Park pillars, murals and all, stood tall on display— well, four foot tall replicas did, that is. The pillars and artwork by members of the Barrio Logan community (names of artists and contributors below), part of "A National Treasure in the Barrio" art show, curated by Chicano Park muralist Victor Ochoa and co-curator Claudia Portillo, will be on display at City Hall until September 19th. The replicas of the muralists' work may be small in comparison to the pillars located in historic Chicano Park, but the artwork on display still holds the weight of the resistance to forces of the 60's, 70's, and prior to present—the fight and struggle to create a park—and the beauty of people coming together and forming a community with a new identity of the times—a Chicano identity.   [Read more...]

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