Opinion

The current president is so uniquely disagreeable and so disturbingly vain that he threatens even the institution of the free press. More than 300 newspapers across the country wrote editorials a few days ago defending themselves. President Trump’s defenders do the country no favors by either ignoring or failing to push back at the “enemy of the people’’ contagion, meaning a harmful or corrupting influence. Back in the day Jesse Ventura exhibited, to a much lesser degree, the same need for affirmation, and he took on the press. It isn’t anything new. Richard Nixon took on the press. I would imagine if we researched the 19th century we would find presidents who took on the press, including Abraham Lincoln. But taking on the press is exactly what is supposed to happen. In Ventura’s case, I called him Governor Turnbuckle. He called us jackals. Fair enough. We all survived. But Ventura did not consider the press an enemy of the people, nor … [Read more...] about Soucheray: ‘Enemy of the people’? I’ve never been an enemy of anything, except the Metrodome

Conor Sen, Bloomberg Published 4:39 am PDT, Sunday, August 19, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-8', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 8', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Photos By Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle Image 1of/8 CaptionClose Image 1 of 8 Buy photo Barry Bonds during his uniform number retirement ceremony at AT&T Park on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, in San Francisco, Calif. The San Francisco Giants retired number 25 in honor of Bonds' historic career with the Giants from 1993-2007. less Barry Bonds … [Read more...] about Opinion: Google didn’t transform San Francisco. A baseball player did.

By Tony Wong Television Critic Sat., Aug. 18, 2018 As a youngster growing up in Montego Bay, Jamaica, I was a thin, spindly child with an overly large head. But I was feared by the bullies in my school. Mainly because the most popular show on JBC, the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation, was Kung Fu starring David Carradine. Carradine spoke softly, mostly in garbled fortune cookie dialogue, and then would proceed to beat the crap out of anyone who threatened him. So basically, a white guy playing a Chinese martial arts expert saved my life. Lack of diversity in Hollywood isn’t a new thing. A University of Southern California study of film and television last year showed that all minorities were grossly underrepresented. But Asians fell well behind other people of colour, including Blacks and Latinos. Article Continued Below Still, I was grateful for all that whitewashing by Warner Bros., even though the role was allegedly stolen from Bruce Lee who … [Read more...] about Crazy Rich Asians doesn’t break stereotypes, it reinforces them

Opinion William H. McRaven, The Washington Post Published 12:09 pm PDT, Thursday, August 16, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-7', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 7', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Marsha Miller, HONS Image 1of/7 CaptionClose Image 1 of 7 Adm. William H. McRaven, makes the Hook 'em Horns hand signal during his commencement address at the University of Texas in 2014. Adm. William H. McRaven, makes the Hook 'em Horns hand signal during his commencement address at the University of Texas in … [Read more...] about Adm. McRaven: Revoke my security clearance, too, Mr. President

State Treasurer Walker Stapleton did not choose a weak, distant and questionable link to the Ku Klux Klan. One cannot say the same of his opponent, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis.Like Stapleton, Polis has a weak, distant and questionable link to the Klan. Unlike Stapleton, he chooses it.This topic arises because The Denver Post’s news department stretches and exploits Klan legacy in a quest to defeat Stapleton and elect Polis in the November gubernatorial race. Post reporters unwisely followed a feckless report by The New York Times, which underestimates Colorado’s smart electorate.A Post headline Sunday shouts “Family history in spotlight.” A picture of Stapleton abuts the subhead “Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton is the great-grandson of a Denver mayor notorious for his role in the Klan.”One expects this messaging from a sophomoric political action committee, not The Denver Post’s news department. Colorado Springs News … [Read more...] about EDITORIAL: Media attack Stapleton, ignoring Jared Polis link to racist Ku Klux Klan