To Fix the Media, Kill Phony Objectivity

By Terry Canaan April 30, 2008 I’ve been ripping on the media lately and not without good cause. We’ve seen what may have been the worst and most uninformative presidential debate of our lifetime. Well, worst and most uninformative to date, anyway. There may not be any lower limit to just how bad television news [...]

 

Rev. Wright: Ridiculed for Telling the Truth

By Eugene Puryear April 30, 2008 One of the features of Senator Barack Obama’s campaign that has attracted widespread enthusiasm is the implicit hopeful message that he personifies a new era of reconciliation and unity between Black and white people. But he has decidedly avoided the history and substance of Black national oppression. This dialogue—the [...]

 

Attorneys Present Final Arguments
in Veterans’ Neglect Federal Case

Attorneys Gordon Erspamer, Arturo Gonzalez, and Sid Wolinsky – representing Veterans for Common Sense and Veterans United for Truth – discuss their lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs with reporters following a two week trial in San Francisco. The groups are seeking an injunction to compel the US government to provide the necessary [...]

 

What kind of Government do we deserve?

District 11 Candidate for Supervisor Randall Knox. Photo by Luke Thomas By Randall Knox, special to Fog City Journal April 30, 2008 The saying goes that we get the government we deserve, and our dissatisfaction with government is one of life’s constants. Whether it’s the President, the Congress, the Mayor, the Board of Supervisors, or [...]

 

Supes pass Greenhouse Gas ordinance
deemed strictest in State

An ordinance sponsored by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi that seeks to establish greenhouse gas reduction targets was given preliminary approval by the Board of Supervisors yesterday. Photo by Luke Thomas By Ari Burack April 30, 2008 San Francisco supervisors Tuesday gave preliminary approval to an ordinance seeking to establish enforceable greenhouse gas reduction targets for the [...]

 

Minister grateful for church court
overturning rebuke of same-sex weddings

By Julia Cheever April 30, 2008 A retired Presbyterian minister from San Rafael said Tuesday she is “so grateful” the highest court of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. overturned a lower court’s rebuke of her performance of same-sex weddings. But the Rev. Jane Spahr, 65, said she felt “deep concern” that the court, known [...]

 

Study examines viability
of converting food scraps into energy

By Caitilin McAdoo April 30, 2008 If California converted its annual 5.9 million tons of food waste into biogas, it could produce enough energy to supply nearly 75 percent of Bay Area homes with electricity for a year, according to results from a new study conducted by the East Bay Municipal Utility District.