Articles Posted in the Opinion Category

  • Swine Flu Conspiracy Theories

    A medic wearing protective gear attends to a sick child carried by her mother in the  emergency area where people with swine flu-like symptoms are checked at the naval  hospital in Mexico City, Friday May…

  • Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age

    By Steven Hill Editor’s note: The following article has been excerpted from Mr. Hill’s forthcoming book: Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age (University of California Press), which…

  • Stay Tuned: Wedges of Mass Construction

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    Stay Tuned: Wedges of Mass Construction

    By Hope Johnson April 30, 2009 FCJ felt right at home, like family even, at last weekend’s State Democratic Party Convention in Sacramento. Family, Sopranos style, that is. Larry Mazzola, Jr. took his childish resentment…

  • Obama’s 100 Days – The Mad Men Did Well

    Obama’s 100 Days – The Mad Men Did Well

    President Barack Obama Photo by Luke Thomas By John Pilger In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes the power of advertising – from the effects of smoking to politics – as…

  • Stay Tuned: United We Stand, Divided We Lunch

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    Stay Tuned: United We Stand, Divided We Lunch

    United we sit: An almost full house at Tuesday’s annual Democratic Party “Unity Luncheon” held at the Saint Francis Drake Hotel. Photos by Luke Thomas By Hope Johnson April 23, 2009 Good news first. Paid…

  • Israel and the United Nations Conference on Racism

    Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the Durban Review Conference on racism at the UN European headquarters in Geneva. (Reuters Photo) By Ralph E. Stone April 22, 2009 On Monday, at the United Nations Racism Conference…

  • A Deal’s a Deal

    The developer for One Rincon Hill, a 62-story skyscraper that juts out of the sky at the foot of the Bay Bridge, says the $5 million in fees that were central to obtaining city approval…