Any serious observer of the Iraq and Af-Pak wars knows that these are geo-strategic conflicts based on controlling the world’s oil supply. Anyone in the “news” media who tells you otherwise is either unaware of…
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 drugs. Photo via EiTv.com By…
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 an exponential escalation of human…
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 believe in voices from the…
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. Although he stated that the…
 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 to West Point tomorrow night…
By Marc Salomon, guest editorial November 30, 2009 Jobs, jobs, jobs. That’s what’s on everyone’s mind as the economy struggles to find its new level after the bubbles have popped, real unemployment hits 20 percent…
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