Artiste Brian Goggin ascends a ladder at the intersection of Broadway and Columbus
in North Beach, 11/23, to put the final touches on Language of the Birds,
a new solar powered art sculpture designed by Goggin and Dorka Keehn.
By Patrick Goggin
November 30, 2008
In the spring of 1997 public sculptor Brian Goggin and scores of his friends, artists […]
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By Paul Cornish, Chairman, Chatham House International Security Programme
November 30, 2008
Quite apart from the scores murdered and the hundreds injured, what the Mumbai terrorists really wanted was an exaggerated - and preferably extreme - reaction on the part of governments, the media and public opinion.
In these terms, the attackers received as much attention as they […]
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Filed under: Crime, Human Interest, News
By Terry Canaan
November 26, 2008
The presidential pardon has been a controversial matter since day one. Virginian George Mason would’ve been one of the signatories to the new constitution of the United States of America, but disagreed with basic ideas in the document — including the pardon — and refused to sign. On the power of […]
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By Jim Meko
November 25, 2008
Eight long years of focus groups, workshops and public hearings have sucked the very last few ounces of passion from the land use wars that once dominated the headlines and swept a progressive majority into city hall but, as the Eastern Neighborhoods rezoning process limps to its weary conclusion before nearly […]
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Filed under: Land Use, News, Opinion, Politics
Elaine Santore
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Elaine Santore
November 24, 2008
How to Party, Progressive Style
Fog City Journal attended last Thursday’s Progressive Victory Party, held at the Independent, expecting a raging party (which it was) featuring a bunch of victory lap speakers and a bunch of progressives having too much of a good time to be paying […]
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By Marc Salomon (with help from Brian Eno)
Editor’s Note: Mr. Salomon wrote this article December 29, 2007.
November 23, 2008
Baby’s on fire/Better throw her in the water/Look at her laughing/Like a heifer to the slaughter
The year 2008 represents potential for a moment of transition for the world as the economic and political fundamentals created by […]
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Filed under: Economy, Energy, Environment, Opinion, Politics
The evocative East Village Opera Company returned to San Francisco Tuesday,
performing at Café Du Nord.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Luke Thomas
November 22, 2008
For some nose-in-the-air opera purists, the East Village Opera Company may not be your cup of afternoon tea.
But the for less pretentiously-minded music aficionados - those indiscriminate lovers of sublime musicianship - an opportunity […]
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Patrick Goggin
By Patrick Goggin
November 22, 2008
In his cabinet choices thus far, President-Elect Obama is following the Lincoln and FDR model of surrounding himself with incredibly bright, experienced intellectuals not shy about their independence. His intention is clear—for these times nothing but the most skilled are needed in his cabinet to challenge, deliberate and debate […]
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By Terry Canaan
November 21, 2008
While the most visible military action is in Afghanistan, America is acting elsewhere. We now have troops in the Philippines, helping to train that country’s armed forces to go after terrorist cells that have executed an American, and still hold hostages. Our soldiers, working with the Bosnian government, seized terrorists who […]
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Filed under: Law, News, Opinion, Politics
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