Cartoon: Scott Chambers
This week's Coast News cartoon....
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Cartoon: Scott Chambers
This week's Coast News cartoon....
Commentary: When euphemisms obscure reality
Euphemisms can obscure serious harms. Two examples that jump out at me lately are “fraudsters” and “prediction markets.” “Fraudsters.” It’s a cute nickname. It sounds...
Cartoon: Scott Chambers
This week's Coast News cartoon....
Commentary: Go, Knights!
If you’re driving past San Marcos High School, you can see huge metal letters on its east wall that spell out the name “Knights.” The...
Opinion: Climate debate should be grounded in facts
In his July 10 op-ed, “Encinitas should stop funding feel-good climate policies,” Encinitas resident Denis Lougeay gives the impression that climate change is an overblown...
Letters: Climate action is a necessary step
Local civil engineer Denis Lougeay uses many outdated and misleading arguments in his July 17 commentary, “Climate policy costs,” to attack the cost of the...
The inheritance
Herb Morgan isn’t a politician. He’s a retired chief investment officer and financial services executive who oversaw billions in institutional assets. Now he’s running for...
Letters: A more honest telling of American exceptionalism
I’ve been stuck for a while on the seeming lack of balance in columnist Jerome Stocks’ “America at 250” piece. I struggled to put my...
Op-ed: Encinitas should stop funding feel-good climate policies
Many Encinitans are environmentalists, and I am among them. We all want to live in healthy and beautiful surroundings, and we want that for future...
Opinion: The high cost of ideological governance
At the June 24 Encinitas City Council meeting, the council majority voted to reject a staff recommendation to apply for a $4 million grant from...
Commentary: Cooling off from hot holiday travel deals
Every major holiday seems to trigger an avalanche of “too-good-to-miss” travel deals. Our inboxes fill with glossy vacation packages promising luxury escapes — but only...