Ocean Beach; a neighborhood of San Diego; California; is known throughout the city; county; and beyond as a unique and quirky place with the feel of a small town; despite being a stonersquo;s throw from the center of a major metropolis. Founded in 1887 in a coastal area known for its beautiful cliffs and rock formations; Ocean Beach went through growing pains in the early 1900s before establishing itself as a family-oriented; self-contained beach community by the mid-1930s. Full of mom-and-pop stores and very walkable; Ocean Beach is a favorite destination for thousands of tourists and San Diegans each year.
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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful. Defending Western CivilizationBy Joseph HartmannCOUNTERPOINTS: The New Criterion celebrates its 25th anniversary with this collection of essays by some of the most influential critics in the English language. The mere fact that a conservative journal of cultural criticism not only survives but thrives after 25 years should earn The New Criterion first place in the pantheon of great achievements. After all; TS Eliots Criterion survived only 17 years in a much friendlier cultural milieu. Separating beauty from dross; right from wrong; good from evil has been the forte of TNC. This is not an easy accomplishment in a culture where "anything goes". The monthly arrival of the journal brings anticipation; excitement; and obligation. It is not possible to read these articles without a sense that something has been amiss in ones education. Regular readers know the responsibility felt after a new edition introduces them to authors and artists and controversies which; if not unknown to the reader; were at least unappreciated. Thus the obligation...to read more; to learn more and thus savor life more fully. Above all; this sort of criticism requires judgement...a philosophy that some things are indeed better than others and it is the former that should be promoted and the latter identified and decried. The contributors are the kind of people with whom one would want to share a glass of port: Mark Steyn; Robert Bork; David Pryce Jones; Roger Scruton; Heather MacDonald. Joseph Epstein; Theodore Dalrymple; Gertrude Himmelfarb. The best and the brightest of our time. Hilton Kramer and Roger Kimball are to be congratulated for their editorship of this excellent journal. And all of us should buy this book; pull a chair up to the fire; and sip that port.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy John LuppesA+3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. VERY NICE SUMMATIONBy M. R. SheffieldThis book represents a very nice summation of a fine; vital magazines first twenty-five years of existence. I would reccomend it highly to anyone concerned about culture; the arts; and politics of the United States. Some of the essays herein are so good that you will want to read them several times. Re-reading pays off (as with all good art).
