Articles Posted in the Politics Category

  • NCSL in the House

    California Assemblymember Fiona Ma goes to Washington to advocate for stimulus funding. By Assemblymember Fiona Ma March 25, 2009 How exciting to get invited to the White House! It wasn’t for a social occasion, but…

  • Stay Tuned: Impressive and Progressive

    Stay Tuned: Impressive and Progressive

    Hope Johnson Photos by Luke Thomas By Hope Johnson March 24, 2009 King Solomon’s threat to split the baby wouldn’t prevent District 9 Supervisor David Campos from remembering there’s more than one way to make…

  • “Down the Memory Hole,” Alan Greenspan Style

    Alan Greenspan Photo: AFP/Stephen Jaffe By Stephen Lendman March 23, 2009 Alan Greenspan is back and in denial in a March 11 Wall Street Journal op-ed headlined: “The Fed Didn’t Cause the Housing Bubble.” He…

  • Some Background on U.S.-Iran Relations

    A mural on the perimeter wall of the US Embassy in Tehran speaks to anti-US sentiment in Iran. Photo via France24 By Ralph E. Stone March 23, 2009 On March 20, on the eve of…

  • Adriel Hampton to Run for Congress

    Adriel Hampton to Run for Congress

    Adriel Hampton Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas March 21, 2009, 11:52 am San Francisco City Attorney Analyst Adriel Hampton will declare his candidacy in the race for California’s tenth congressional district, a source…

  • Poor AIG

    By Ralph E. Stone March 19, 2009 Last month President Obama signed a $787 billion stimulus package into law, a short-term political victory of sorts for the President. The President at that time was, and…

  • Campos Drops Support for Mazzola Appointment

    Campos Drops Support for Mazzola Appointment

    Supervisor David Campos Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas March 19, 2009 Supervisor David Campos provided the swing vote to upend the appointment of Local 38 business manager Larry Mazzola Jr. to the Golden…