Politicians and activist groups in Ventura County and nationwide have been weighing in on this morning’s 4-3 ruling by the California State Supreme Court that same-sex couples should be allowed to wed.
Here are their responses:
Ventura County Rainbow Alliance:
“Today’s historic decision is a victory for all Californians who cherish fairness and opportunity. Two people in [...]
Because a bike can go the same way backward and forward.
And, as the video shows, so can the world.
So can people; so often they do.
Where’s the room – the inch in the concrete, the synapse between the neuron – between can and should?
As Jane Hirshfield writes in her poem, “The Decision,” “there is a [...]
This little lady’s been creating quite a stir on the internet.
Which way does the dancer spin for you?
Watch out: you may see her change directions, especially if you stare at her long enough. For more on this phenomenon and an explanation of why it occurs, click here.
For a more soothing, but equally palindromic image, check [...]
Journalists in our country hold positions of extreme power.
A newspaper article, such as the one on former Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s tryst, can ruin a career. A blog post, such as the one on Sen. Barack Obama’s “bitter” remarks, can influence a presidential campaign. A 10-minute news broadcast can get millions talking and thinking about the [...]
Elizabeth Edwards, who’s husband bowed out of the presidential race in January, just penned a piece for the New York Times, decrying the mainstream media for skimping on coverage of complex issues. (What exactly those are, however, Edwards leaves vague.)
The press shouldn’t stick exclusively to sound bytes and storylines, as details about candidates “priorities, policies [...]
A growing local interest in sustainable plants, like these South African succulents in the Taft Garden in Ojai, reflects a nationwide trend toward green-thinking. Photo courtesy of Laurence Nicklin and Plantasia Landscaping.
Having (for the most part) abandoned journalism’s historical hue of yellow, most mainstream media outlets are now jumping on the bandwagon of another color: [...]
There he is, Ventura’s first professional photographer. John Calvin Brewster took this self-portrait in 1880, around the same time he started documenting Ventura County comings and goings through glass plate negative photographs.
A collection of Brewster’s photos, taken between 1874 and 1909 will be on display at the Museum of Ventura County, as part of a [...]
“I’m sorry! I had to take a test,” a breathless Erica Fernandez announced as she ran into the Hueneme High School library, where a gaggle of community members, politicians and educators were waiting to hear Jane Goodall speak.
Yes, the Jane Goodall who is famous for her research on chimpanzees in Tanzania and her environmental activism [...]
Elephants never forget… what they look like, apparently.
I could go on about how a palindrome doesn’t have to include words, or how animals are more self-aware than we have been led to believe, but I won’t because the video and painting remind me too much of the old journalism adage: A picture is worth 1,000 [...]
Friday night I attended the premier of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza’s production of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
Monday morning the New York Times broke the story that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was linked to a prostitution ring, as a client, [...]
