The message is the same as it's been for all the accidental/draft luck phenoms who come to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates. This is AAA+ baseball, not major league. There are no rings ahead here, no parades, no glory.
When the necessary decision to shut down Gazette 2.0 was made, the fiscal realities were familiar across the newspaper landscape. Everyone is losing money, and papers die every day.
In 1892, newspapers were the only media. No radio, no TV, no internet. That made newspapers essential and useful for a large segment of the populace. It was in that…
A few years ago I caught jury duty and dutifully, if begrudgingly, showed up to the San Diego County Courthouse. Then, despite my best efforts, I was seated on a…
There’s an old saying that youth is wasted on the young. Maybe… but when you’re young and full of recklessness and fiery bravado, most of us made a bunch of…
Back when Barack Obama was president, Democrats frustrated with the process to get Senate ratification of judicial appointments decided to do away with the filibuster to get more judges appointed…
Our friend Ben Perez passed away. It was unexpected and we don’t have medical report, but even if we had more answers, it would still be jarring. Ben was a…