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By Merrily DuPree On Tuesday, the City Council will consider the fate of Central Park’s WPA restroom building. Jim Becket’s fine article on Oct. 13 in The Enterprise and several letters to the editor have presented many persuasive arguments for its preservation, foremost of which is that it is Davis’ only city building to have […]
In about 1989 I saw a brief mention in a newspaper that Nelson Mandela had been in prison for 20 years. It was a great shock. At the time of his arrest and imprisonment many of us were outraged. By 1989 I had completely forgotten about him. It was a shock to realize that after […]
I would add the following commentary to the current Obamacare discussion: * It is important to keep in the back of one’s mind during the entire debate how Obamacare has evolved on the fly. When Obama was campaigning he said he wanted a “single-payer system,” not what he has since claimed he wants now. * […]
While I disagree with how Paul Brady interprets the data he picks to support his argument that we need not worry about global warming (“We’re seeing a climate crisis reprieve,” Dec 1, Davis Enterprise) , especially his conclusion that climate scientists have abandoned unbiased studies to “promot(e) their vested interests by which they garner more […]
The city of Davis is neglecting the safety of its drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians by not painting stripes on its roads. The center stripes, reflectors, bicycle lanes and pedestrians crossings on most of Davis’ main thoroughfares are woefully faded and will become invisible when the rains start falling. Covell Boulevard, Eighth Street, Russell Boulevard, Pole […]
The issue: Davis was an early leader in the anti-apartheid divestment movement The white South African system of apartheid was a brutal, cynical system of racial segregation that was becoming increasingly unsustainable, and most observers believed it could end in only one way — massive bloodshed. THE MAJORITY black population believed revolution to be inevitable […]
