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Comment on Planned Parenthood Helps Make Babies, Too by Susan Swartz

Susan Swartz — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:08:45 +0000

Including yours, Soph.

Comment on Planned Parenthood Helps Make Babies, Too by sophie jensen

sophie jensen — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:05:02 +0000

Very compassionate Planned Parenthood story. Open minds are so beautiful.

Comment on Planned Parenthood Helps Make Babies, Too by Barbara Baer

Barbara Baer — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:10:14 +0000

excellent reportage…Planned Parenthood has many many functions which we often forget. It’s a great organization that’s been for and by wand with women from the beginning of our being able to choose.

Comment on Tune Out, Turn Off, Go Find a Whale by Susan Swartz

Susan Swartz — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:14:13 +0000

hi soph: aren’t we lucky to be old enough to know both old and new media?

Comment on Tune Out, Turn Off, Go Find a Whale by sophie jensen

sophie jensen — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:37:54 +0000

Can’t you just see rooms crowded with people identifying themselves as Internet Junkies who want to kick the habit? I’m close to that because sites I find useful, like mail, keep telling me I can upgrade to a new look now or wait for them to do it for me.
I DON’T WANT ANY DAMN UPGRADES,THANKS! Why should I learn new technology
just because the 14-year-olds who run the company want a change?

Comment on The Women are Watching by Susan Swartz

Susan Swartz — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:23:04 +0000

very good point, jennifer. Oh, for more logic and reason.

Comment on The Women are Watching by Penny Hastings

Penny Hastings — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:55:42 +0000

I am one of the watchful women you mention…and I am deeply disturbed about the nature of people, mostly men, who are so vehement about denying a woman’s right to choose whether to have children, when to have children and how many they want. I would never vote for anyone who tried to restrict women’s right to choose. Question: when did we allow the language to be co-opted by the religious right and be called “abortion rights,” rather than “reproductive rights?”

Comment on Jilted by the New York Times by Susan Swartz

Susan Swartz — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:42:25 +0000

Oh Dorn, this is such a sad report. But so well said, like the journalist you are.

Comment on The Women are Watching by Jennifer Marano

Jennifer Marano — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:20:05 +0000

I find it strange that Santorum thinks we should outlaw contraception because it is a “license” to do things we shouldn’t (or he thinks we shouldn’t) while he doesn’t think we should have gun control even though guns let’s people do things they shouldn’t.

Comment on The Women are Watching by Padi Selwyn

Padi Selwyn — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:17:16 +0000

Great piece, Susan! Thanks for speaking up for women and sanity.

Padi

Comment on Jilted by the New York Times by Bob Dorn

Bob Dorn — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:46:56 +0000

It’s possible to live well and intelligently without a real newspaper, like it’s possible to live without mom and dad, or one or two of those wise friends you had, or without having read one or two of those best books in your life. It’s possible because most of Merka’s been doing it for decades, though not necessarily well and intelligently (“Oooh, look. I gotta read this new story on Mitt Romney/Kardashian/Illegal Alien Invasion!!!”).
Down here in San Diego (3.3 million people) we have a franchise that went from a family that never saw a war it didn’t love to a financial flipper called, swear to gods, Platinum Holding, to the world’s biggest hypocrite, Doug Manchester (Sheraton Hotels, and malls) who bankrolled the attack on California’s gay marriage proposition at the same time he was supporting GOProud, the national gay Republcans in D.C. Our new owner monikered it with a new line just below the masthead (“America’s Finest City/The World’s Greatest Country”) and now says he’s going to dedicate the newly renamed UT San Diego (for the old Union-Tribune), to a campaign for a billion-dollar tax subsidy to build a new stadium so that the dead-last Chargers won’t leave town.
Will all of us down here get stoopid?
Nope, uh, uh. We just won’t read the newspaper any more. Damnit.

Comment on Jilted by the New York Times by sophie jensen

sophie jensen — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:18:27 +0000

When the Times arrived at the Press Democrat, it was exhilarating–we became part of American journalism’s royal family, even if just second cousins, once removed. And I think we all did our best to live up to that. When I retired in 1990 I lived in a Pacific beach town in Mexico. An old-timer there, unofficial greeter of visiting sailboats, even less official local represenative of the US embassy, had a habit of making everyone he knew the best, the top person in whatever field they had once been in. So I shouldn’t have been surprised when he introduced me as “the former editor of the New York Times.” From former editor of the lifestyle section on a Times regional paper to that was the loftiest border promotion I’d ever heard.
Good luck to all our former colleagues and young replacements. May Halifax be kind to them.

Comment on Jilted by the New York Times by Penny Hastings

Penny Hastings — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:46:40 +0000

Nothing like the NY Times giving employees at the Press Democrat a lump of coal and “don’t let the door bang you in the butt on your way out” note of cheer right before Christmas. Oh, I know, it was a blogger who let the cat out of the Christmas stocking, but really…the whole thing stinks. I’m worried about whether the ole PD will still be the outstanding paper it has been, even with diminished resources and staff layoffs they’ve already sustained…but mainly, I’m worried about my friends, the super-hard, dedicated reporters, editorial assistants (oh, I forgot, they’re long gone), advertising folks and all who get the paper out every day. Congrats and best wishes to all of you.

Comment on The Voiceless in Immigration Debate by Larry Carlin

Larry Carlin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:02:06 +0000

Hi Susan – Running way behind because of the holidays.
Lovely article on immigration – so glad you were able to attend our Sin Pais film.
I’ll send you a notice about our Muslim-Jewish film, “My So-Called Enemy” on Jan. 21 at 7:15 pm, also at Shomrei Torah.
Happy New Year!
Larry Carlin
p.s. Your article in the PD about the dogs was quite something. We have received several comments from friends, as has my daughter, Suzanne who you included.

Comment on A Warm Gift on a Cold Night by Sharon Daveiro

Sharon Daveiro — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:49:58 +0000

I want to be on your e-list.

Comment on A Warm Gift on a Cold Night by Christine Nelson

Christine Nelson — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:54:02 +0000

I love what all of you have created. This is truly what Sebastopol is about. There is more soul in this community than perhaps anywhere in the world.
Thank you so much for your triedness dedication, energy and never ending service in being such a terrific role leader for the youth in our community and giving support for those in need.

Comment on A Warm Gift on a Cold Night by Christine Nelson

Christine Nelson — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:51:57 +0000

Comment on Who Are These Rich Guys? by Dotty

Dotty — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:50:43 +0000

Not to be forgotten that the huge majority of congresspeople are in the comfy 10% (and more than half of those are in the 1%) … Hey that’s what it takes to get elected.

Comment on A Warm Gift on a Cold Night by Jane Love

Jane Love — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:27:25 +0000

Susan, this is just lovely. I was right there, along for the ride. Wonderful project, and blessings upon all our sick friends, and our healthy one as well.

Merry Christmas,

Jane

Comment on Who Are These Rich Guys? by Susan Swartz

Susan Swartz — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:42:31 +0000

Yes, in the long run, it doesn’t serve the rich to mistreat workers. And it doesn’t serve the rich to destroy the middle class. thanks soph