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- Letters to the editor
Regarding “The American dream as nightmare” (Community Essay, Dialog, Aug. 10): P.M. Brown's story underscores that the greatest tragedy of the housing boom was not the inevitable crash, but rather what it did to warp everyone's perception of normal and the American dream.
- Other voices: What other editorial pages are saying
John McCain wants the United States to build 45 new nuclear energy plants by 2030, a plan Barack Obama vows to oppose until the nation can figure out how to secure and dispose of nuclear waste.
- GEORGE F. WILL THE WASHINGTON POST
Turning the election on Russia
Last August, John McCain's campaign was a guttering candle, out of money but flush with half-baked ideas that were unlikely to be improved by further baking. Anyway, to have many ideas is to have too many for a campaign's concluding sprint, and McCain's revival has not been robust enough to bring him even with Barack Obama.
- ON TOPIC
Boon to nation or just Pickens?
T. Boone Pickens' recommendations to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels were pretty much on the money. Perhaps the only clinker was his comment that taxes on fuel should be raised to help drive consumption downward and motivate conversion to hybrid vehicles and locally generated power for such items as air conditioning.
- Hot seat: Jerry Sanders
Mayor Jerry Sanders holds forth on plans to build a new City Hall, Mike Aguirre, City Council politics and more. The Q&A is partly based on the mayor's comments in a recent SignOnRadio.com interview.
- CHRIS REED
America's Finest Blog
I understand why the mayor and his allies want the outgoing City Council to name Scott Peters' successor as council president, not the council that will take office in December with several new members. In the former scenario, Ben Hueso is likely to win; in the latter, it could be Donna Frye, no friend of Jerry Sanders.
- Community letters
The water main on my street has just broken for the third time since 2000. While this may not seem like a big deal, my street is only one block long. Perhaps if the city had fixed the problem in 2000 there would not have been another break in 2003.
- Iraq: The benefits and the curse of oil
In the second quarter of the year, an American military auditor recently reported, Iraq's oil production averaged more than 2.4 million barrels a day, the highest level since America invaded Iraq in 2003, and a marked improvement on last year's average of around 2 million barrels a day.
- COMMUNITY ESSAY: EL CENTRO
Imperial Valley, key to San Diego's energy future
One reader's response to “Farming's parched future” (A1, Aug. 4) exemplifies the blissful ignorance of many. The reader seemed unaware that all of the city of San Diego and much of the county, based on average annual rainfall, lies in a semi-arid region. Blessed with temperate weather, the region can exist only with significant amounts of water imported from other regions of the state.
- COMMUNITY ESSAY: CARMEL VALLEY
Shining a light on a devastating disease
The first time my husband and I had ever heard of mitochondrial disease was 10 years ago, just months before it claimed the life of our 2-year-old daughter. We will never forget the day we were informed about our daughter's illness, learning not much could be done and that there was no known cure.
- Watchlist
- Notable & quotable: National
- Notable & quotable: Local
- The week: By the numbers
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