Articles Posted in 2008
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Pardon Me?
By Terry Canaan November 26, 2008 The presidential pardon has been a controversial matter since day one. Virginian George Mason would’ve been one of the signatories to the new constitution of the United States of…
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Eastern Neighborhoods: Lessons Learned?
By Jim Meko November 25, 2008 Eight long years of focus groups, workshops and public hearings have sucked the very last few ounces of passion from the land use wars that once dominated the headlines…
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The CrackBerry Chronicles: Progressive Victory Cups Runneth Over
 Elaine Santore Photos by Luke Thomas By Elaine Santore November 24, 2008 How to Party, Progressive Style Fog City Journal attended last Thursday’s Progressive Victory Party, held at the Independent, expecting a raging party…
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Fire’s on Fire
By Marc Salomon (with help from Brian Eno) Editor’s Note: Mr. Salomon wrote this article December 29, 2007. November 23, 2008 Baby’s on fire/Better throw her in the water/Look at her laughing/Like a heifer to…
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EVOC-ing Yesteryear, East Village Style
The evocative East Village Opera Company returned to San Francisco Tuesday, performing at Café Du Nord. Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas November 22, 2008 For some nose-in-the-air opera purists, the East Village Opera…
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Bold Pragmatism
Patrick Goggin By Patrick Goggin November 22, 2008 In his cabinet choices thus far, President-Elect Obama is following the Lincoln and FDR model of surrounding himself with incredibly bright, experienced intellectuals not shy about their…
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Shutting Down Gitmo
By Terry Canaan November 21, 2008 While the most visible military action is in Afghanistan, America is acting elsewhere. We now have troops in the Philippines, helping to train that country’s armed forces to go…
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