Articles Posted November 2008

  • 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…

  • Pardon Me?

    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…

  • Eastern Neighborhoods: Lessons Learned?

    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…

  • The CrackBerry Chronicles: Progressive Victory Cups Runneth Over

    The CrackBerry Chronicles: Progressive Victory Cups Runneth Over

      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…

  • 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…

  • EVOC-ing Yesteryear, East Village Style

    EVOC-ing Yesteryear, East Village Style

    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…