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About half of SBUSD students are not meeting grade-level standards in reading. In math, the ratio is closer to six in ten. That is not a talking point. That’s thousands of kids already playing catch-up through no fault of their own.
How do...
Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr., scion of America’s most illustrious Democrat political family, gave what I consider to be not only the finest speech from the podium of those presented at this year’s first-ever Mid-term Republican Convention...
Q. Who are the real environmentalists?
A. Not Santa Barbara County’s three “liberal” Democrats.
This past week, the SB County Board of Supervisors, on a 3-2 vote, with Nelson and Lavagnino opposing, voted to proceed with banning all futur...
Oh, where to turn?
We’ve been having discussions lately about tar seeping up on our beaches. That’s what the Chumash called “pismo”… and they used it to waterproof their boats for centuries.
It occurs naturally.
And it has forever.
I re...
Dr. Marya I. Schulte, 1976 - 2026
The Demons of Addiction
To all of you who have been so supportive and who’ve followed my writing, you’ll note I haven’t written in a while. I’ve been wanting to get my thoughts on “digital” paper sooner,...
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Jim is the founder of Montecito Journal and was its Editor/Publisher until 2019. He was chief political columnist for the Santa Barbara News-Press and is now Editor-in-Chief of Santa Barbara Current (sbcurrent.com).
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