[Note: None of this actually happened. Well, some of it did.]Scene: The dated and faded but still warm and inviting interior of the office of Dr. Walter Mencken, Doctor of Psychiatric and Career Restoration. There is …
December 27, 2023
News & Stories
Man of the Year Nathan Fletcher undergoes psychoanalysis
San Diego Union-Tribune ends up with no Spanish version
Fin de U-T San DiegoIt’s the end of the line for the all-Spanish weekly tabloid published by the Union-Tribune, a newspaper that’s been shrinking all over under current owner Alden Global Capital. “The last issue …
December 27, 2023
Tracing the vibrant history of cochineal
Tuna found in the desert? OK, fair enough: that’s tuna, as in the Spanish for prickly pear, the fruit of the nopal. Ken Factor and I have spotted an ancient cactus tree growing close to …
December 27, 2023