Ken Stone

Ken Stone

Ken Stone is a contributing editor of Times of San Diego, a daily newsite accessible at www.timesofsandiego.com. His stories are republished  with permission on San Diego Jewish World under auspices of the San Diego Online News Association.

Future historians may rue aspects of U.S. war on terror

By Ken Stone Times of San Diego LA JOLLA, California — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eric Lichtblau, author of an exposé of the Nazi era’s shameful American aftermath, is worried what a future historian might say about today’s War on Terror. With James Risen, Eric Lichtblau won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for revealing […]

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San Diego City Council to fight Trump’s travel ban

By Ken Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — The San Diego City Council on Tuesday voted 8-1 to file a brief in support of the state of Washington in its lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s so-called “travel ban” executive order. Republican Councilman Scott Sherman cast the dissenting vote in closed session. Democratic Councilman

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Vargas reminds NeverHillary voters about 2000 election

By Ken Stone and Chris Stone Using #NeverHillary hashtags, some in the “Bernie or Bust” movement are swearing allegiance to Jill Stein of the Green Party. That sends shivers up the spine of Rep. Juan Vargas, the two-term San Diego congressman whose 51st District borders Mexico. “I understand that some people are disappointed,” Vargas said

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Ex-Marine: Trump ‘defying values’ troops die for

By Ken Stone Cracking a slight smile only after finishing her remarks, an ex-Marine from San Diego completed her mission Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention: Attacking Donald Trump. “The military is defined by discipline. Leadership. Integrity,” Kristen Kavanaugh said in a 4-minute talk just before former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. “Those are the qualities

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Little Muslim girl hands flowers to Hillary Clinton

  By Ken Stone SAN DIEGO — The flowers came from La Mesa, the girl from Afghanistan. When Hillary Clinton accepted a large bouquet after her 35-minute Trump-bashing national security speech Thursday in Balboa Park, some assumed it was ethnic pandering.“Nice touch Hillary Clinton have a little Mexican give you flowers after your speech in

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