Editor’s note: The Coronado News has invited all city council and mayoral candidates to submit a first-person article about their background, civic involvement and reason for running for office. We intend to run articles in the order they are received. We are all fortunate enough to live in a little slice of paradise and we […]
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Op-Ed: The U.S. Navy harnesses emerging technology to defeat deadly sea mines
For centuries, sea mines have presented an affordable and effective option in naval warfare. That threat remains today. However, what is equally concerning is the recent use of sea mines by terrorist groups and other non-state actors as cheap and plentiful weapons to hazard commercial vessels and disrupt commerce on the oceans. The U.S. Navy […]
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Op-ed: Ocean sewage primer by Leon Benham
This article is written with the intent to educate and inform the public about what is presently known about cross-border pollution from Mexico. Citizens for Coastal Conservancy (C4CC) of Imperial Beach is a non-profit whose main mission is to educate the public about sources of coastal sewage pollution and provide insights of the latest technology which […]
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Op-ed: Mark Warner on his experience leading to candidacy for City Council
Editor’s note: The Coronado News has invited all City Council and mayoral candidates to submit a first-person article about their background, civic involvement and reason for running for office. We intend to run articles in the order they are received. I have had the good fortune to live in Coronado for 25-plus years. I now […]
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Op-ed: A candidate journey by Andrew Gade
Editor’s note: The Coronado News has invited all city council and mayoral candidates to submit a first-person article about their background, civic involvement and reason for running for office. We intend to run articles in the order they are received. For the past decade, I’ve observed how local government decisions have shaped the communities around […]
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Op-Ed: Your family’s safety from gun violence is on the ballot
There’s a critically important local race on the ballot this November — the most important in the region in terms of gun safety. For the past four years, the County Board of Supervisors has had a 3-2 majority for common-sense gun regulation. The board majority has stood strong against the powerful gun lobby and listened […]
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Op-Ed: A military mission as old as warfare itself: intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
For centuries, commanders have struggled to collect enough information about the adversary in order to give them the edge in combat. As the Duke of Wellington famously said, “All the business of war is to endeavour to find out what you don’t know by what you do; that’s what I call guessing what’s on the […]
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Op-Ed: Expectations, disappointments misplaced emotions: The ride to the other side
Do you remember your first home? Many homes need remodeling and landscaping, which comes with unexpected disappointments. Imagine your dream home is located in a remote valley where buildings don’t go above two stories, there are acres of avocado trees, children safely walk from neighborhoods to schools and even the local market on the main boulevard. […]
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‘What Memorial Day means to me:’ Korean War Vet shares his feelings
“Memorial Day can be summed up in one word, ‘Remember,’” said 92-year-old Marine veteran Lou de Beer. “I have seen generations come and go, and, sadly, the further we get from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, the less is remembered by the populace. That word, Remember, is very important.” Lou de Beer was born Dec. 6, […]
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Op-Ed: Romanian Pastor, founder of Voice of the Martyrs stands up to the communists
In Richard Wormbrand’s autobiographical “Tortured for Christ,” he shares much of the following: Orphaned at an early age and raised in a totally non-religious home, Richard Wurmbrand, knowing poverty during WWI, became an atheist, bitter toward religion. He actually hated the “notions” of God and Christ. And yet he seemed drawn toward churches and visited […]
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Op-Ed: Reagan National Defense Forum highlights the relevance of new technologies on the battlefield
The Reagan National Defense Forum (RNDF) is one of the most important national security dialogues of the year. “Everyone who is anyone” in the national security space is either an invited speaker or an in-person attendee. Given Coronado’s long association with the U.S. military, as well as today’s substantial military presence and number of residents […]
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Op-Ed: The bully’s cycle and the strength of love
Imagine you’re in a classroom as a 12-year-old boy. Anxiously, you’re gripping the desk waiting for the 3 p.m. school bell to end the day. Your heart is rapidly beating when RING goes the bell and off you go running as fast as you can to get home to rip off the urine stained sheets your […]
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Op-Ed: Terra Lawson-Remer: Creating change and delivering results
Deliver results to San Diego County’s most pressing problems. Change the county’s culture to serve more people and communities, better. Over the last three years as the supervisor representing District 3, those are the things my office has been doing to create a more healthy, sustainable, equitable, inclusive, and liveable San Diego County. We’ve compiled […]
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Op-Ed: Kevin Faulconer: Addressing our problems requires courage, conviction and action
Our region is facing some of the most unprecedented challenges that demand our attention and it’s imperative that we confront them with compassion, action and unwavering resolve. San Diego County is at the crossroads of two pressing crises: homelessness and an environmental crisis, particularly from the sewage flowing from the Tijuana River Valley polluting our […]
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Op-Ed: Persecution of Christians and Martyrs around the world
The media has largely ignored the millions of Christians who have been persecuted, tortured and even killed for their faith. The most recent highly publicized account was the 21 Coptic Christians kidnapped and beheaded on the beach in Libya in 2015 by Islamic State soldiers (jihadists). A main reason for the exposure was that it was […]
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Op-Ed: Citizens are stepping up to stop the Coronado Bridge suicide machine
In late 2023 we proposed a simple, yet viable “Life Screen” to stop what we called the Coronado Bridge suicide machine in The Coronado News and the Times of San Diego. Our proposed Life Screen can be installed within one month’s time and for less than $45,000. We concluded our 2023 article with this community challenge: “In a […]