By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — “Nobody could ever wear a hat like Annie,” said Carl about his beloved Anneliese. She died twenty years ago, July 3, 1995—spared the digital terror and religious insanity of the 21st century. Annie survived the Holocaust, outwitting Satan’s agents and the silence of a complicit world. Never mind: […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-California) applauded the President’s announcement that the Department of Labor will propose extending overtime pay protections to nearly 5 million salaried American workers, including more than 400,000 in California. This proposal would increase the current overtime protection threshold, guaranteeing overtime pay to most salaried workers earning less
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– Eleventh in a Series– Exit 3, Taylor Street, San Diego~Courthouse, Old Town San Diego State Historic Park By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There were no televisions, radios, motion pictures, or YouTube videos back in the mid 19th century. There were, occasionally, traveling stage productions and these were well-attended. But for day-to-day entertainment, San
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and FoodBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Unattractive, stupid, lazy, lacking self-control…is that what you not-so-secretly think of the nearly 70% of adults with “overbesity,” that is, those affected by overweight or obesity? If so, read on. You may be a fat shaming bully and not even know it. I was working out in the
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor Masori WASHINGTON, D.C.– Grandson Shor and I visited the nation’s capital so that he, among other activities, could be exposed to the venues that house the three branches of government We took public tours of the Supreme Court, the White House, and the U.S. Capitol. Rating
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Travel and Food, USABy Eric George Tauber CORONADO, California — “Here you are free and you have pride/Long as you stay on your own side.” Far from the idealistic melting pot, the working class neighborhoods of New York City were rife with conflict. The “wrong people” taking the “wrong street” were “asking for trouble.” West Side Story is
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Travel and FoodBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — OK, before you go all holier than thou critical, or laugh so hard you can’t pay attention to this content of this article, here’s what being “All FFF’d Up” means when it comes to the secret sauce of being fit. It means if you are going to
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