Quarters for the Magdalene Laundries
Adrian Jenkins By Adrian L. Jenkins, Special to Fog City Journal March 5, 2008 Every night in an Iranian cemetery a parliament of blackbirds gathers to blackly flower the kingdom…
Writing Truth to Power? How the Guardian let Progressives down
Whitney Leigh By Whitney Leigh, special to Fog City Journal March 4, 2008 As Matt Gonzalez’s law partner, I’ve had more time than most to consider the upsides and downsides…
Court Jester reviews BOS agenda,
pays tribute to Baghdad Bob and Howard Wolfson
h. “Court Jester” brown. Photo by Luke Thomas By h. brown March 4, 2008 Does Clinton have Obama “Trapped at the airport?” (Howard Wolfson as ‘Bagdhad Bob’) I haven’t seen…
The CrackBerry Chronicles
Matt Gonzalez used to be just a politician, but now his name has become the equivalent of word vomit in progressive circles. Once somebody mentions his name at a party,…
MUNI’s proposed route realignment
may sink SoMa’s housing boom
Jim Meko By Jim Meko March 3, 2008 Last week, the Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) announced the first major realignment of MUNI routes in 25 years. The multimillion dollar Transportation…
Who’s Helping the Republicans, Gavin?
District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly Photo by Luke Thomas By Chris Daly March 2, 2008 Last week, just before jetting off to Texas to once again stump for Hillary Clinton,…
The Emergence of Mediation
Patrick Goggin By Patrick Goggin March 1, 2008 When we think of the traditional American judicial system we envision a courtroom where adversaries battle it out to the end, one…