Category: Human Interest
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Tony Guilfoyle, For the People
Tony Guilfoyle, RIP Photos by Luke Thomas By Dee Kennedy December 12, 2008 On Thanksgiving night past, a rare gem with diamond sparkling eyes said his final goodbyes to his beautiful family and close friends and embraced death with no fear and with a smile and an open heart. He knew he was ready. Clearly…
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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 – reaction on the part of governments, the media and public opinion. In these terms, the attackers received as much…
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The CrackBerry Chronicles:
Election 2008 Through the LensElaine Santore on location, Colma BART station. Photos by Luke Thomas  By Elaine Santore November 13, 2008 “Most peculiar, Mama” November 5 was a very long day for yours truly. I woke up early in the AM, wrote a column for all the beautiful, fabulous and all-around-superior readers of Fog City Journal, then jetted off…
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Miriam Makeba, RIP
By Neda Ulaby November 10, 2008 Grammy award-winning South African singer Miriam Makeba has died. The great-grandmother — known affectionately as “Mama Africa” — reportedly suffered a heart attack after performing at an anti-mafia concert Sunday in southern Italy. She was 76. Miriam Zenzile Makeba embodied the pan-Africanist spirit of the 1960s when she burst…
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The CrackBerry Chronicles:
The Lady of Stow LakeElaine Santore Photo by Luke Thomas By Elaine Santore October 28, 2008 In the daytime, Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park looks idyllic and serene. But nighttime is a whole different story: the calm waters hold secrets from the dearly departed who have broken on through to the other side. The waterfall at Stow Lake.…
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News from the Bottom
 Thembi Mutch Photo by Luke Thomas By Thembi Mutch October 6, 2008 This week, amidst the chaos and sturm and drang of the economic world, it has been hard to focus on what to write about. The temptation to involve myself in ‘palindromes’ (the endless chronicle of a girl whose highest accolade is shooting…
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A Farewell To Arms:
Persian Gulf Veteran Supports JROTC AbolitionAn Air Force JROTC student attends the Eyes Wide Open exhibit in Orlando, FL, October 2004. Photo courtesy Herb Snitzer/AFSC By Richard Stone, special to Fog City Journal 20 July 2008 In late June I attended a San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education hearing on the abolition of the Junior Reserve Officer Training…