A mini mouse no more — Disney is too big

A&E, FOX, ABC, ESPN, The History Channel, Hulu and Vice — you hear those and probably don’t think of Mickey Mouse. But that’s what you’ll probably be thinking soon, with the Disney company purchasing many entertainment and media companies. Disney has made purchases of these companies and their sister companies and has their roots dug deep into many other companies; not just movies either, they also own Hollywood Records, Synergy Group, GoPro and several news centers in ABC.  Let that sink in a minute. Disney now owns the news you watch or hear about, the music you listen to and…

Editorial: Cancel culture reaches too far

In January, British actor Rowan Adkins told Radio Times that cancel culture has “become a digital mob roaming the streets looking for someone to burn and has made it hard for people to be exposed to a wide spectrum of opinion.” In many ways, the man known to so many as Mr. Bean, for all intents and purposes, may be right. The origins of cancel culture are debatable. Some people say it can be traced as far back as the early 2000s in music videos when “canceling” referred to the ending of a relationship. What is not in debate is…

20 years later, a nation divided

Unity in days after 9/11 attacks was short-lived As the 20th anniversary of the attack on our soil passes, one has to wonder what happened to the unity in our country? At what point did the United States of America become the Divided States of America? Many may be too young to remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001. But for those who are old enough, the details are ingrained in our minds for the rest of our lives. We remember the fear we felt for our families and our country. We remember exactly where we were as we watched…

My Life as a Surgical Technologist — Letter to the Editor

In honor of National Surgical Technology Week, Laura P. Ortiz, an adjunct instructor in Del Mar College’s Surgical Tech program, interviews a recent graduate now working in the field locally By: Laura P. Ortiz, CST, CSFA Mayra Alejandra Aceves, Certified Surgical Technologist at Christus Spohn Hospital Shoreline said that she found herself intrigued by the medical field since she was a teenager doing rotations at Memorial Hospital while attending Foy H. Moody High School. But it wasn’t until speaking with her sister in law, who was a surgical technologist, that she decided that this was the field she wanted to…