"Board rejects SDPD smart streetlight proposal Council may still approve plan for adding 500 cameras across city" by Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune 25 Jun 2020 NOTE: … Read More

Empire of the Sun is a 1987 American epic coming-of-age war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Tom Stoppard, based on J. G. Ballard's semi-autobiographical 1984 novel of the s… Read More

I recently got the DVD of "CODA" staring Patrick Stewart and it is outstanding.  And, of course, well played by Patrick Stewart. He made you believe that the character DID suffer from… Read More

I just bought the DVD of the musical "West Side Story (Steven Spielberg)" and it was and it was outstanding. West Side Story is a 2021 American musical romantic drama film directed and co… Read More

"Marcus and Abernathy on the deadly police beating in Memphis" PBS NewsHour 1/27/2023 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus and her Post colleague Gary Abernathy… Read More

"A look inside the acclaimed new theater production of ‘Life of Pi’" PBS NewsHour 1/27/2023 Excerpt SUMMARY:  The play "Life of Pi" opened this winter at the American R… Read More

"Former Memphis police officers charged with murder in death of Tyre Nichols" PBS NewsHour 1/26/2023 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Five fired police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, have been c… Read More

"How a Washington state plan to fight domestic extremism could be a model for the nation" PBS NewsHour 1/25/2023 Excerpt SUMMARY:  In Washington state this week, legislators held p… Read More

"Pope Francis says laws that criminalize homosexuality are ‘unjust’" PBS NewsHour 1/25/2023 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Pope Francis, in a wide-ranging interview with the Associa… Read More

As I've said before, the GOP cannot win playing by the rules, so the always rig the 'game.' "McCarthy locks out leading Democrats from key committees, sparking partisan outrage" PBS New… Read More

"U.S. and Germany sending tanks to Ukraine for fight against Russian invasion" PBS NewsHour 1/25/2023 Excerpt SUMMARY:  The U.S. officially announced it will send American tanks to… Read More

"Former FBI agent charged with violating sanctions against Russia, aiding oligarch" PBS NewsHour 1/24/2023 Excerpt SUMMARY:  A former senior FBI official will appear in a federal c… Read More

"Filmmaker Sky Hopinka’s unconventional ways of telling Native stories" PBS NewsHour 1/23/2023 Excerpt SUMMARY:  The artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka was awarded the prestigi… Read More

"Mexico’s former anti-narcotics chief on trial in U.S., accused of protecting cartels" PBS NewsHour 1/23/2023 Excerpt SUMMARY:  In New York, arguments began in the case of th… Read More

NOTE:  Trump has never WILLINGLY turned over the sensitive documents in his position and still contends he had the right to have them. "How a new chief of staff will affect the Biden Wh… Read More

"DeSantis defends blocking African American studies course in Florida schools" PBS NewsHour 1/23/2023 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defended his administration's deci… Read More

#StopTheNRA an American Terrorist Organization "Community seeks answers after deadly Lunar New Year shooting in California" PBS NewsHour 1/23/2023 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Authorities in… Read More

"Oslo, Norway’s unique approach to curbing carbon emissions" PBS NewsHour 11/20/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  The capital of Norway is working to be nearly emission-free by 2030.&nb… Read More

"Bluegrass icon Alice Gerrard on her trailblazing career" PBS NewsHour 11/19/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  With their unique harmonies, the bluegrass duo of Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrar… Read More

"Capehart and Abernathy on the special counsel appointed to oversee Trump investigations" PBS NewsHour 11/18/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Washington Post columnists Jonathan Capehart and… Read More

"Migrant workers recount abuse while building stadiums for World Cup in Qatar" PBS NewsHour 11/18/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  The World Cup starts Sunday in Qatar, but controversies hav… Read More

"How a criminal justice reporter built trust with prisoners to highlight conditions inside" PBS NewsHour 11/17/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  A criminal justice reporter (Keri Blakinger … Read More

"Drought’s impact on Mississippi River causes disruptions in shipping and agriculture" PBS NewsHour 11/17/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Up and down the Mississippi River basin, belo… Read More

"Michael Gerson, longtime NewsHour commentator, dies at 58" PBS NewsHour 11/17/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Longtime Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson died Thursday morning at 58… Read More

"Pelosi steps down from Democratic leadership after Republicans win control of House" PBS NewsHour 11/17/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  It was a day of momentous change in the U.S. House… Read More

"Gap between pledges and action sparks criticism at COP27 climate summit" PBS NewsHour 11/16/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  As nearly 200 countries negotiate at the COP27 climate talks on… Read More

"NASA’s Artemis rocket finally lifts off after political, financial, technical delays" PBS NewsHour 11/16/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  For the first time in half a century, NASA is… Read More

"Monastery invests in craftsmanship by expanding its hand-crafted pipe organ" PBS NewsHour 11/15/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Pipe organs have a storied history throughout Western civili… Read More

"Collapse of FTX raises questions about cryptocurrency’s viability" PBS NewsHour 11/15/2022 REMINDER:  Cryptocurrency does NOT have any government backing, you have to trust… Read More

"United Kingdom and France agree to crack down on migrant crossings in the English Channel" PBS NewsHour 11/14/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Britain will pay France at least $75 million a… Read More

"Digital database documents vital infrastructure created by the New Deal" PBS NewsHour 11/14/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  It’s a hidden history right in front of our eyes.  Th… Read More

"Zelenskyy makes surprise visit to Kherson after city freed from Russian control" PBS NewsHour 11/14/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Ukrainian President Zelenskyy made a surprise visit to K… Read More

"Republican leadership on Capitol Hill in flux after midterm results" PBS NewsHour 11/14/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill after a drawn-out midterm battle fo… Read More

"Seven college students killed in separate homicides in Virginia, Idaho" PBS NewsHour 11/14/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Two universities are grieving the tragic loss of students. … Read More

"Benjamin Franklin’s literary legacy lives on in country’s longest-running lending library" PBS NewsHour 9/12/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  As millions of students return to s… Read More

"Honoring lives lost in the 9/11 attacks 21 years ago" PBS NewsHour 9/11/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Today, the nation mourned the nearly 3,000 lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, in the dead… Read More

"Remembering Queen Elizabeth II, dead at 96" PBS NewsHour 9/8/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving British monarch in history, has died at the age of 96… Read More

NOTE:  This is from the e-newspaper, so no link to article. "David López Jiménez accused in Jan. death of Tijuana photojournalist" by Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune&nb… Read More

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"Examining Salman Rushdie’s lifelong fight for free speech" PBS NewsHour 8/15/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Three days after being repeatedly stabbed onstage as he was preparing to… Read More

"One year after evacuating Afghanistan, teen refugee pursues musical dreams" PBS NewsHour 8/13/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  This month marks one year since the U.S. withdrawal of militar… Read More

"How a Trump-era policy that separated thousands of migrant families came to pass" PBS NewsHour 8/13/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  The Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration… Read More

"Brooks and Capehart on the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, the investigations surrounding Trump" PBS NewsHour 8/12/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washi… Read More

"Charlottesville reckons with trauma 5 years after a deadly white supremacist rally" PBS NewsHour 8/12/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Five years ago on Friday, extremists marched in Charlo… Read More

"Assessing threats of political violence and rising extremism on the far-right" PBS NewsHour 8/12/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  In response to the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago, Trump supporte… Read More

#StandAgainstTheNRA  Murder Incorparated "Firearms industry scrutinized for how it markets to consumers" PBS NewsHour 8/11/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  The debate over gun control i… Read More

IMO:  Any attempt to make a religious belief into a law that punishes citizens for NOT practicing that belief is unconstitutional.  It is NOT allowing people to follow their belief… Read More

"Rainforests in the Congo Basin are under threat as the DRC opens land to oil, gas drilling" PBS NewsHour 8/11/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  On a multi-country tour of Africa this week, S… Read More

"Abandoned oil and natural gas wells pollute the environment across Louisiana" PBS NewsHour 8/10/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Tens of thousands of abandoned oil and natural gas wells sit… Read More

"What Republicans and Democrats are focusing on for midterm elections" PBS NewsHour 8/10/2022 WHAT I KNOW:  The Republican will lie, cheat, rig, and anything else to gain power.&nb… Read More

"Iranian man charged for trying to assassinate former national security adviser John Bolton" PBS NewsHour 8/10/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  The U.S. Justice Department charged an Iranian… Read More

"Author Mohsin Hamid explores the construct of race in his new novel ‘The Last White Man’" PBS NewsHour 8/9/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  A work of imagination asks us to see… Read More

"U.S. makes diplomatic push in Africa to counteract Russian and Chinese influence" PBS NewsHour 8/9/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited the Democratic… Read More

"What we know about the FBI’s search of Trump’s Florida home" PBS NewsHour 8/9/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence was searched Monday… Read More

"Remembering the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough" PBS NewsHour 8/8/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and writer David McCul… Read More

"Residents in the Southwest struggle with the health effects of nuclear ore extraction" PBS NewsHour 8/8/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Residents of the Southwest including many Indigenous… Read More

"How Democrats coalesced around the Inflation Reduction Act" PBS NewsHour 8/8/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  After working through the weekend, Democrats are on the cusp of passing an hist… Read More

"A Uranium Ghost Town in the Making" Propublica 8/8/2022 ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  This piece was originally published in The Weekly Di… Read More

"Singer Bonnie Raitt discusses her new album and enduring career" PBS NewsHour 6/18/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Music legend and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt is out with h… Read More

"Capehart and Gerson on the Jan. 6 hearings, gun legislation, the importance of Juneteenth" PBS NewsHour 6/17/2022 ExcerptSUMMARY:  Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capeha… Read More

"What European Union membership would mean for war-torn Ukraine" PBS NewsHour 6/17/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  The European Union's executive arm on Friday recommended putting Ukraine o… Read More

"Record heat wave in the U.S. raises public health concerns" PBS NewsHour 6/17/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  More than 100 million Americans this week were under some sort of heat advisor… Read More

"How the Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry built a dynasty" PBS NewsHour 6/17/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  After a two-year absence from the playoffs the Golden State Warriors are… Read More

"theocracy (noun)" government or political rule by priests or clergy as representatives of God - Merriam-Webster Unabridged "How anti-abortion activists laid the groundwork for rollback of R… Read More

"‘Outrage and heartbreak’ after murder of journalist, Indigenous activist in the Amazon" PBS NewsHour 6/16/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  The desperate search for an Indigenous… Read More

"Coastal Louisiana struggles with housing crisis after Hurricane Ida" PBS NewsHour 6/15/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  The Atlantic hurricane season started June 1, but people in southeast… Read More

The UK made the wrong choice. "UK tries to press ahead with controversial plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda" PBS NewsHour 6/15/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  In the United Kingdom, t… Read More

"How a sculptor transformed his life’s work after accident" PBS NewsHour 6/14/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  What happens to an artist when one of the very tools he uses -- his hands… Read More

IMHO:  It's ye old 'I might like it' syndrome. "Why far-right groups are increasingly targeting the LGBTQ community" PBS NewsHour 6/14/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  There have been… Read More

"Secretary of State Blinken on the war in Ukraine, Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia and China’s aggression" PBS NewsHour 6/14/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  The challenges for U.S… Read More

"Broadway honors its best at the 75th Tony Awards" PBS NewsHour 6/13/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Broadway attempted to stage a big comeback during Sunday’s 75th annual Tony Award… Read More

Do not expect the GOP to allow ANY menaingful action on Gun Control, they are a paid and brain-washed subsiduary of the NRA.   #StandAgainstNRA "Congress moves forward on gun safet… Read More

"Testimony of Trump aides sheds light on former president’s false voter fraud claims" PBS NewsHour 6/13/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  For nearly a year, the House committee investig… Read More

"Markets plunge amid fears of sharply higher interest rates" PBS NewsHour 6/13/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Wall Street has gone into meltdown mode over inflation fears and the possibili… Read More

"Capehart and Abernathy on COVID deaths, pandemic funding and Jan. 6 subpoenas" PBS NewsHour 5/13/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and Wash… Read More

"Parents nationwide struggle with a critical baby formula shortage" PBS NewsHour 5/13/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  A baby formula shortage has become a major problem for parents around t… Read More

"Examining the crisis in America’s democracy and the polarization of its politics" PBS NewsHour 5/12/2022 aka Republican anything goes to win politics. Excerpt SUMMARY:  Near… Read More

"Dr. Fauci on the state of the pandemic as the U.S. marks 1 million COVID-19 deaths" PBS NewsHour 5/12/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  President Biden on Thursday marked the U.S. nearing on… Read More

"A Brief But Spectacular take on the power of documentary filmmaking" PBS NewsHour 5/11/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  As wildfires continue to rage in the western United States, we look a… Read More

"Overdose deaths in the U.S. reached record levels in 2021" PBS NewsHour 5/11/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  New CDC data released Wednesday indicates that deaths from drug overdoses in th… Read More

"Al Jazeera journalist killed in West Bank raid" PBS NewsHour 5/11/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Israeli troops on Wednesday reportedly shot dead Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akle… Read More

COMMENT:  Make the anti-women's rights Senators pay in next election!  Hay, hay they must go! "U.S. senators go on the record with their stance on abortion" PBS NewsHour 5/11… Read More

"Colorado college reckons with a troubling legacy of erasing Indigenous culture" PBS NewsHour 5/10/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Over the course of more than 100 years beginning in the 18… Read More

"A highly contagious strain of bird flu plagues farmers across the U.S." PBS NewsHour 5/10/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  The U.S. is in the midst of its worst deadly bird flu outbreak in… Read More

"Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper details his fraught relationship with Trump" PBS NewsHour 5/10/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  During the 18 months Mark Esper served as Secretary of De… Read More

"‘I’m just getting started’: Musician Jon Batiste on the next phase of his musical journey" PBS NewsHour 5/9/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Multi-talented musician Jon Ba… Read More

"White House tries to close the digital divide in rural America with more broadband access" PBS NewsHour 5/9/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  The so-called “digital divide” remai… Read More

"As crisis grips Afghanistan, the Taliban tighten their draconian rule" PBS NewsHour 5/9/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Nearly nine months since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the econ… Read More

"Lawyer in a landmark abortion rights case discusses a potential Roe reversal" PBS NewsHour 5/9/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  A leaked early draft of a coming Supreme Court decision sugg… Read More

"On Victory Day, Putin paints Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine as a response to the West" PBS NewsHour 5/9/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  In Moscow and Kyiv on Monday, two countri… Read More

"How new NCAA rules for student-athletes are playing into this year’s March Madness" PBS NewsHour 4/2/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  Duke University men's basketball coach Mike Krzyz… Read More

"Hit show ‘Abbott Elementary’ addresses education equity through a comedic lens" PBS NewsHour 4/2/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  "Abbott Elementary" is a hit new series on ABC… Read More

"A tribute to PBS NewsHour producer Lee Koromvokis" PBS NewsHour 4/1/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  NewsHour is saying farewell to one of our great producers who is retiring after a long c… Read More

"Brooks and Capehart on Biden’s shifting immigration policy, the Jan. 6 investigation" PBS NewsHour 4/1/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washi… Read More

"Biden administration ends controversial Trump-era immigration rule" PBS NewsHour 4/1/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  The Biden administration announced Friday that it will be phasing out w… Read More

"Strong jobs report shows the American economy gaining steam" PBS NewsHour 4/1/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  As the White House tries to manage rising inflation, the U.S. labor market is… Read More

"Florida school uses art displays from around the world to promote diversity and inclusion" PBS NewsHour 3/30/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  In Sarasota, Florida large scale artworks are b… Read More

"Blue Origin’s latest mission takes a professor and entrepreneur to the edge of space" PBS NewsHour 3/30/2022 Excerpt SUMMARY:  American astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned to… Read More

IMHO: Again, government at any level should NOT regulate the relationships between citizens, including parents and their children."How Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law r… Read More

I'm all FOR it!  These rich people and corporations never have to worry day-to-day about losing their home, deciding which bill to pay and which to not pay, being able to afford enough… Read More