To Fix the Media, Kill Phony Objectivity
By Terry Canaan April 30, 2008 I’ve been ripping on the media lately and not without good cause. We’ve seen what may have been the worst and most uninformative presidential…
Rev. Wright: Ridiculed for Telling the Truth
By Eugene Puryear April 30, 2008 One of the features of Senator Barack Obama’s campaign that has attracted widespread enthusiasm is the implicit hopeful message that he personifies a new…
Attorneys Present Final Arguments
in Veterans’ Neglect Federal Case
Attorneys Gordon Erspamer, Arturo Gonzalez, and Sid Wolinsky – representing Veterans for Common Sense and Veterans United for Truth – discuss their lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs…
What kind of Government do we deserve?
District 11 Candidate for Supervisor Randall Knox. Photo by Luke Thomas By Randall Knox, special to Fog City Journal April 30, 2008 The saying goes that we get the government…
Supes pass Greenhouse Gas ordinance
deemed strictest in State
An ordinance sponsored by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi that seeks to establish greenhouse gas reduction targets was given preliminary approval by the Board of Supervisors yesterday. Photo by Luke Thomas By…
Minister grateful for church court
overturning rebuke of same-sex weddings
By Julia Cheever April 30, 2008 A retired Presbyterian minister from San Rafael said Tuesday she is “so grateful” the highest court of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. overturned…
Study examines viability
of converting food scraps into energy
By Caitilin McAdoo April 30, 2008 If California converted its annual 5.9 million tons of food waste into biogas, it could produce enough energy to supply nearly 75 percent of…