Studs Terkel: The Passing of An Icon
Painting by Jennifer M. Kohnke By Stephen Lendman November 1, 2008 Despite his advanced age, the news came as a shock. An era had passed. On October 31, author, activist,…
Don’t Stop at the Top
 From FutureMajority.com November 1, 2008 The sad fact of every election is drop off. Drop off is when people only vote in the presidential race and turn in their…
Speaker Pelosi Heckled During Press Conference
Asked Why She Refuses to Debate Opponents
By Luke Thomas October 31, 2008 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was interrupted during a press conference earlier today and asked why she refuses to debate her opponents in the race…
The Other Side of the Story
By Terry Canaan October 31, 2008 Let’s take a look at the economic situation. Never mind the naysayers, the gloom-and-doomers, the glass-half-empty types, some of us are doing just fine.…
The End of Prosperity
By Stephen Lendman October 31, 2008 From too much of a good thing. From the 1980s and 1990s excesses. From the longest ever US bull market. Heavily manipulated to keep…
Brugmann Blasts San Francisco Chronicle, PG&E
By Luke Thomas October 30, 2008 San Francisco Bay Guardian publisher Bruce Brugmann yesterday blasted Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for its efforts to buy the November election and…
Political Paradigm Shift? Not in Newsom’s San Francisco
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Photo by Luke Thomas By Marc Salomon October 29, 2008 While the Democratic Party has followed Barack Obama and embarked in an historic shift away…