District 6 Makes My Heart Pound
If we were going to run two of the most viable progressive women in the whole city in the same district against each other it was important to me that…
Ethics Raises Spending Cap in D8 Race
The San Francisco Ethics Commission announced today that it raised the Individual Expenditure Ceiling (IEC) of all four publicly financed candidates in District 8: the IEC of William Hemenger, Rebecca…
John Steinbeck, Michael Moore,
and the Burgeoning Role of Planetary Patriotism
As true patriots they have been willing, and morally well braced to endure, not only rank and file criticism, but also broad disdain, public ridicule, numerous slanders of every hue,…
UN Fact-Finding Mission:
Israeli Killing of US Citizen Was “Execution”
The report reveals that Dogan, the 19-year-old US citizen of Turkish descent, was filming with a small video camera on the top deck of the Mavi Marmara when he was…
Gates Foundation Donates $12 Million
to Boost College Completion Rates
From the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation September 27, 2010 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National League of Cities today announced $12 million in grants to fund…
Schwarzenegger Signs Legislation
to Keep Drunk Drivers Off the Road
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed AB 1601 by Assemblymember Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo), which authorizes judges to revoke, for up to ten years, the license of any person convicted of…
Must Christianity Dominate America?
One of the great sins of Christianity over the centuries is that it has sought dominance over believers in other religions as well as non-believers.