Articles Posted by FCJ Editor

  • Art Scales a Ladder in North Beach

    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…

  • Welcome to the Age of Celebrity Terrorism

    Welcome to the Age of Celebrity Terrorism

    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…

  • Fire’s on Fire

    Fire’s on Fire

    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…

  • Bold Pragmatism

    Bold Pragmatism

    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…

  • California Supreme Court Will Hear Prop 8 Legal Challenge

    California Supreme Court
    Will Hear Prop 8 Legal Challenge

    San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera Photo by Luke Thomas From the Office of City Attorney Dennis Herrera November 19, 2008 Debate Shifts from Same-Sex Marriage to Core Constitutional Principles of Separation of Powers, Equal…

  • Statewide Day of Action to Save the Renters’ Rebate

    Statewide Day of Action
    to Save the Renters’ Rebate

    From Senior Action Network November 19, 2008 WHAT: Press Conference WHO: Senior Action Network, Tenants Together, Central City SRO Collaborative, Chinatown Community Development Center, SOMCAN, Mission SRO Collaborative, Planning for Elders, SF Tenants Union WHEN:…

  • An Open Letter to Tom Ammiano

    An Open Letter to Tom Ammiano

    Tanene Allison From Tanene Allison November 17, 2008 Dear Assemblymember-Elect Ammiano – Congratulations on your recent tidal wave of a win! Sacramento will be a better place for your presence in it. I’m writing to…