Fiona Ma Fails to Move Police Accountability Bill
On June 26th, the State Assembly Public Safety Committee, on which San Francisco member Fiona Ma serves, remained silent in the face of police union pressure to keep secret information regarding officer Read More »
Superheroes traditionally “fight crime” and “don’t kill.” What can a superhero do, though, when the powerful criminal organization in question is a Bush-Cheney style White House? John Horus, member of the superhero group “The Seven Guns,” dramatically answers this query Read More »
A few weeks ago, I was in Cannes, France with ex-patriate cellist-bassist Stanley Adler, reminicsing on our 25 plus year friendship and our time spent performing with Brian Eno and the NYC group “The Same”, featuring Clodagh Simonds, Carter Burwell, Read More »
RU PAUL IN STARRBOOTY:
It was the Saturday night before the Gay Pride Parade when I was invited to see the Ru Paul movie Starrbooty. I took the underground train, because I always find it to be more civilized than Read More »
To the Editor:
(Re: the Beilenson Hearing on $6.9 million in cuts to the Health Department proposed by Mayor Newsom on Tuesday evening, June 19th.)
I sat and listened for at least two hours to the heart-breaking testimonies of the Read More »
When President Lyndon Johnson signed the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964, he predicted that the Democratic Party’s stand for civil rights would cost it Southern support for decades. Johnson’s prediction proved remarkably accurate, and over four decades after the Read More »
On June 26th, Supervisor Jake McGoldrick proposed a Charter Amendment at the Rules Committee to abolish city elections in odd-numbered years. The measure would move San Francisco’s elections for Mayor, District Attorney, and Sheriff to coincide with presidential elections, and Read More »
On June 25, 2007 at 9:00 p.m., there were over 13,000 entries returned when the term “S&P 500” was typed into the Google News search box. The initials “NASDAQ” in that box brought up over 50,000 news hits, while NASDAQ Read More »
