This column poses a question for which I have only a tentative answer. I am interested to learn what answers readers have. How do you deal with friends who are so intolerant of political views different from their own that they consider anyone who disagrees with them evil?

The fury over the proper posture to assume during the national anthem at NFL games represents everything that is wrong with American politics.

Massive and community-destroying controversy is created by selfish and self-absorbed elites while accomplishing absolutely nothing positive for ordinary people or those in need.

President Trump knew exactly what he was doing when he criticized NFL players for taking a knee during the national anthem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxFOtABMdvU

Should NFL players be allowed to kneel as a gesture of protest during the national anthem or should they be expected and even required to stand?

Lost is all the discussion of the Mission Valley Stadium site is the question of what to do with the stadium?

The Soccer City plan includes a new 36,000 seat soccer stadium. SDSU is announcing plans for a slightly larger stadium about the same size.

Both plans will require that the current stadium be demolished

AGED AND OUTDATED?

The impression that the stadium is old and obsolete at 50 years of age, and on the surface seems to be true.

What is at the top of most teens to-do list? They can't wait to get behind the wheel. A teen must be 17 to join the military, 18 to vote or smoke, and 21 to drink, but can drive when much younger.

Minimum Driving Ages

When can a teen legally drive? Minimum driving ages vary from state to state. Unrestricted licenses are available in all states for 18-year-olds.

Depending on the state, your teen might be able to:

Last night I had a dream that I died and was weirdly attending my own funeral, sort of like the movie Ghost, but with better acting.

It was touching to see old friends and new, coworkers, family, and even people I never expected to be there (read ex-girlfriends) at my funeral. Like most dreams, this one ended unfulfilled as just when I was about to hear my eulogy given by someone I couldn’t make out, I woke up.

The circumstances of how and why I died elude me. I can only guess it was some incident involving bacon.

Kris Michell, the President and CEO of Downtown San Diego Partnership, a nonprofit focused on coalescing downtown businesses and making San Diego's urban core a vibrant locale, is joining forces with Mayor Kevin Faulconer's team at City Hall.

Michell is considered a City Hall insider, having served as Mayor Jerry Sanders' top political aide and chief of staff for years during his tenure from 2005-2012.

Voter dissatisfaction with the Republican and Democratic Parties isn't going away. A recent Gallup poll reports that an all-time high 61 percent of respondents say both parties are doing such a bad job that a third party is needed. The number has remained relatively in the same ballpark since 2013, when it skyrocketed from 46 percent in 2012 to 60 percent.

Californians will head to the polls earlier for primary elections. Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill Wednesday that moves all primary elections, including presidential primaries, from June to March.

On September 12, New York held its primary elections, and once again, a quarter of the state’s voting population -- the 3.2 million independent and unaffiliated voters who refuse to join a party -- were barred from participating.

Unsurprisingly, multiple seats went uncontested, with no Republican primary for the mayoral election.

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