AltWeeklies Wire
A Goofy Valentine Yarn About How I Met My Wifenew
It was February 1999. I had just written a Sordid rant condemning a cluster of City Council-proposed anti-stripper laws that prompted a dozen or so local dancers to e-mail me in gratitude. It was an exciting chapter in my life.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
02-17-2010 |
Culture
Hitting Rock Bottom Isn't So Bad When Jesus Cushions Your Fallnew
It was there, in the hospital, a few hours after that violent intubation—lying broken and twisted among the rocks and glass at the bottom of my bottomed-out existence—where I encountered Jesus Christ.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
04-01-2009 |
Culture
I've Got No Love for Seven Out of 10 Black Voters in Californianew
Yes, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, was a day when you truly felt proud to be an American. But then, on Nov. 5, I read something that changed all that. I read that California's black voters favored Proposition 8 by a margin of 70 percent to 30 percent, which means seven out of 10 black voters voted against gay marriage.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
11-12-2008 |
Commentary
What if Everybody Answered Questions Like Sarah Palin?new
The unabashed balderdash that spews from this particular pig's painted lips makes Dan Quayle look like a thousand Mensa men conflated their sperm in a lab, injected it into the cryogenically preserved uterus of Madame Curie and gave birth to a disembodied brain.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
10-15-2008 |
Commentary
Six Reasons Why the HANG UP Act is Wacknew
Recently, the House of Representatives' Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced a bill that will permanently ban cell-phone use on planes. The bill will now move to the full House and potentially become law. There are so many things that are wack about this bill, let's examine them one at a time.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
08-20-2008 |
Commentary
'Don't Give Up' is The Second-Worst Piece of Dating Advice Evernew
There's another name for guys who don't give up on their romantic interests. They're called "stalkers" and stalking is wrong, unless, of course, you're John Cusack with a boombox, in which case it's romantic.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
07-09-2008 |
Commentary
Americans Aren't the Only People Who are Due Due Processnew
I really hadn't planned on writing about this decision. It seems so utterly obvious why Guantanamo Bay detainees deserve due process; I just figured it would be argued, re-argued and over-argued a million times in the opinionsphere before I could ever publish a single word about it. Instead, I watched and listened as the right-wing blubbermongers blubbered on about how the court's decision puts the rights of foreign terrorists above the safety of Americans.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
06-26-2008 |
Commentary
Tranophobia Bluesnew
This is what I hate about political correctness.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
04-02-2008 |
Commentary
Your God Sucksnew
"Heath Ledger is in Hell and has begun serving his eternal sentence." That was a quote from the leaders of the Westboro Baptist Church, who, among others, are claiming that God killed Heath Ledger for portraying a homosexual in a big-time Hollywood movie.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
02-06-2008 |
Commentary
10 Quick and Easy Ways to Expedite Baseballnew
In order for me to fully get behind the instant replay (as if MLB cares what I think), the powers that be must first find a way to un-clutter the baseball machine. Fortunately for MLB, I have ideas.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
01-09-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Creeping Christmasnew
The folly of decking the halls before Thanksgiving.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
11-28-2007 |
Commentary
Spreading Democracy?new
This shit should be obvious to everybody: Going to war to spread democracy? Talk about missing the point. The only acceptable way to spread the kind of democracy that's worth spreading is to be the best damn example of it we can be. Everything else is hypocrisy.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
11-14-2007 |
Commentary
A Marine Returnsnew
Corporal Seth Reil talks about his service -- and how even the military dogs are suffering from PTSD.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
11-14-2007 |
War
Praying for Giuliani to Win the Republican Nominationnew
Christian conservatives are threatening to abandon support of the GOP if Rudy is nominated -- wouldn't that be nice?
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
10-31-2007 |
Commentary
Stars and Gripesnew
If you don't want people to burn down the U.S.A., you'd better let them burn the flag.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
10-17-2007 |
Commentary
