Archive for January 2022

Few stories have received as much attention recently as the struggles of the San Antonio Symphony.  One issue sure to grab some of the spotlight in coming months is the looming $1.2 billion bond election. There’s some overlap between the two: the arts.  The drainage and parks committees stirred controversy by recommending reducing or cutting…

We’ve noticed an interesting thing the last few days. Notice one “Letter to the Editor” section from the last week is missing … Guess which one that is … Are they not often corrected, or do they believe themselves to rarely be wrong?

As Venezuela’s socialist policies have inevitably resulted in (hyper)inflation this century, their government has tried to fix the problem by simply erasing 0s from the bolivar, its currency.  Governments and media exercise the same manipulation here in statistics, presumably in an effort to attract eyeballs.  In the process, it comes off as sensationalist fearmongering. KSAT…

The financial struggles of the San Antonio Symphony have been in the news quite a bit recently. To this, former San Antonio Express-News senior critic Mike Greenberg adds his take. Unfortunately, he pulls the rug out from under himself, and takes his former employer with him. He does make some good points, a few of…