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Former San Diego CityBeat Writer Needs a Bone-Marrow Transplantnew

Kia Momtazi is wise beyond her years—as they say, an old soul. She is beautiful, warm, funny, kind, creative, insightful and smart. She also happens to be fighting for her life.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Aaryn Belfer  |  10-12-2011  |  Health

Wal-Mart Lowers the Guillotine on Authors and Independent Bookstoresnew

The devaluation of work is a brutal injustice to the Kingsolvers and the Grishams and the Pattersons (though, for the record, the latter two aren't exactly wading in the same talent pool as Kingsolver). Even -- and I cannot believe I am going to say this -- even Dan Brown and his formulaic prose deserve better than $8.99 on new releases.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Aaryn Belfer  |  10-28-2009  |  Books

We Shall Overcome, but We Must Have Real Leadership to Do Sonew

The next four years will hold many opportunities for leadership, one of them being bridging the chasm between Real and Fake America. The choice couldn't be more obvious. To paraphrase the conservative writer Andrew Sullivan, Obama is the future and we must decide if the future will begin Nov. 5.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Aaryn Belfer  |  10-29-2008  |  Commentary

Twists and Turns: A Story of Hair and Identitynew

My daughter is persistent in trying never to have her hair combed. Still, we embark on an almost-daily ritual that is painful yet important for us both.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Aaryn Belfer  |  04-16-2008  |  Commentary

I Heart Choicenew

Happy birthday, Roe -- may there be many more.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Aaryn Belfer  |  01-23-2008  |  Commentary

Backwards & In High Heelsnew

The way we is: Reconnecting with the way we was.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Aaryn Belfer  |  07-30-2007  |  Culture

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