Articles Posted in the Opinion Category

  • Tortured Logic

    Tortured Logic

    By Terry Canaan November 4, 2008 If Bush is remembered for anything, it’s my hope that he’s remembered for torture. If the Republican party under Bush is remembered for anything, I hope it’s for being…

  • A Return to Reality in Fighting HIV/AIDS

    A Return to Reality in Fighting HIV/AIDS

    By Terry Canaan December 1, 2008 Back in 2006, I wrote a post I called “A Delusion-Based Global AIDS Policy.” Since it was way back in the days before we had any hope of reason…

  • Pardon Me?

    By Terry Canaan November 26, 2008 The presidential pardon has been a controversial matter since day one. Virginian George Mason would’ve been one of the signatories to the new constitution of the United States of…

  • Eastern Neighborhoods: Lessons Learned?

    By Jim Meko November 25, 2008 Eight long years of focus groups, workshops and public hearings have sucked the very last few ounces of passion from the land use wars that once dominated the headlines…

  • The CrackBerry Chronicles: Progressive Victory Cups Runneth Over

    The CrackBerry Chronicles: Progressive Victory Cups Runneth Over

      Elaine Santore Photos by Luke Thomas By Elaine Santore November 24, 2008 How to Party, Progressive Style Fog City Journal attended last Thursday’s Progressive Victory Party, held at the Independent, expecting a raging party…

  • Fire’s on Fire

    Fire’s on Fire

    By Marc Salomon (with help from Brian Eno) Editor’s Note: Mr. Salomon wrote this article December 29, 2007. November 23, 2008 Baby’s on fire/Better throw her in the water/Look at her laughing/Like a heifer to…

  • Bold Pragmatism

    Bold Pragmatism

    Patrick Goggin By Patrick Goggin November 22, 2008 In his cabinet choices thus far, President-Elect Obama is following the Lincoln and FDR model of surrounding himself with incredibly bright, experienced intellectuals not shy about their…