Oct 25 2013
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Special to the NEWS So you’ve taken the plunge. You’ve shucked out the $29.99, and you’re now dating via the internet. And, hey! There’s no shame in that, necessarily. If there is, I’ll wear my shame right alongside the rest of you. Some evenings, I can be found perusing a certain …
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Oct 19 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I’ve recently been asked for my thoughts on the controversy surrounding the San Benito High School varsity cheerleaders and the allegations that they’ve bullied and discriminated against a handicapped squad member. Understand that there have already been so many opinions shared about the issue that one more may very …
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Oct 19 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com If you have read either of Michael Rodriguez’ stories about the San Benito High School cheerleading controversy, or have watched a local TV news segment about the subject, then there is a good chance that you have already made up your mind and formed an opinion about the …
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Oct 11 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I’m ashamed to admit that I never actually met retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Richard Williams; the two of us only ever communicated by email correspondence and telephone calls here and there. I have few regrets in this business, and this is one of them. Consider first that …
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Oct 05 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com One night, about nine years ago when I was in between relationships and ballooning in weight, I sat at a friend’s house sharing an ice chest full of beer and stories about past relationships. Sip, sip, chime in; sip, sip, chime in. That seemed to be the rhythm of …
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Sep 20 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com There was little I could get away with as a child. No matter how innocent the situation, no matter how much I attempted to conceal my facial expressions, my mother could always tell when I was fibbing. Of course, most moms would obviously know when their child is lying, …
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Sep 03 2013
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Special to the NEWS Susie solved a puzzle one day. Within a week, someone carrying a different, unfinished puzzle stumbled onto Susie’s path, and she felt apt to advise the person. “Oh,” Susie said, “do exactly what I did, and you’ll see results!” We can learn a good many things, but …
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Aug 31 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The years 1992 to 1995 were important to me. It was a time when Nirvana, Pearl Jam and U2—three of my favorite bands—dominated the charts, ruled the airwaves and were in heavy rotation on MTV; the Dallas Cowboys were winning Super Bowls and Sega Genesis gamers everywhere were in …
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Aug 24 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Considering the times we live in, internet trolling is no longer a shocking phenomena. Trolling, for those of you who are unaware, is an anti-social behavior that consists of posting inflammatory comments on the internet—usually on message boards, social media sites, blogs and everywhere else on the web—in an …
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Sep 27 2013
CONSIDER THIS: Put down the Kool-Aid
September 27, 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I love a good argument, but what I enjoy more is the opportunity to correct someone whose pride is so badly wounded that they’ve resorted to spewing absurd rhetoric in a desperate attempt to gain the upper hand. Consider for a moment an anonymous comment made Wednesday on the …
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