San Francisco Bay Area News, Arts, Culture and Politics
Several Latin American countries including Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Ecuador, are instituting decriminalization policies in an effort to reduce drug violence and costs associated with a failed war on…
Cartoon courtesy Mr. Fish. By David Bryson, MD (Yale ’63) December 13, 2009 Three years ago I posted three columns at Fog City Journal under the rubric of Cosmopolitics, presenting…
Pirate Cat Radio interviews Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi during a holiday art party held yestereve at San Francisco City Hall. Photos by Luke Thomas By h. Brown December 12, 2009 You…
Mayor Gavin Newsom today named SFPUC Information Officer Tony Winnicker as his new press secretary. Photo via Facebook By Luke Thomas December 11, 2009 Following a string of high-profile departures…
From the Society of Professional Journalists Editor’s Note: No word yet on whether the feds will release irrefutable video evidence showing what struck the Pentagon on 9/11. December 9, 2009…
By Ralph E. Stone December 8, 2009 President Obama recently announced that he is sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan bringing the total number of U.S. troops to about 100,000.…
 President Barack Obama with Gen. Stanley McChrystal. By Michael Moore December 1, 2009 Dear President Obama, Do you really want to be the new “war president”? If you go…