The Art of the Deal – by Kim Jung Un
June 16, 2018 | No Comments
Speaking impulsively without consulting South Korea or the U.S. military, Trump handed a gift to Kim on that proverbial silver platter – an unprecedented give-away with his unilaterally deciding to end joint military exercises with South Korea.
Paul Ryan – The Statesman He Could Have Been
April 13, 2018 | No Comments
Yet after the Orlando massacre, Ryan barely addressed the attack on the LGBTQ community by a Muslim, who pledged allegiance to ISIS.
Giving Priority to Homeless with Mental and Health Conditions
March 29, 2018 | No Comments
The mentally ill and those with physical conditions should be a priority in any plan to homelessness in San Francisco.
Modest Proposals to Address Gun Violence
March 01, 2018 | No Comments
The state of our gun laws is not because of the Supreme Court’s decision in District of Columbia v. Heller that established the “right of an individual to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, but rather the power of the NRA on its members, Congress, and many politicians across the country.
An Open Letter to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Students
February 28, 2018 | 1 Comment
Because of you, companies are already scrambling to disassociate themselves from the NRA. Best of all, it is becoming deliciously obvious with each passing day that politicians have finally – finally – met their match.
2009 San Francisco LovEvolution: A Clusterf*ck
October 08, 2009 | 5 Comments
But it all went a bit wrong when I arrived at Civic Center. There was simply too many people and trying to police and contain the whole event was simply unmanageable. There was a woeful shortage of toilets and the queue was very long indeed.
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Pelosi Adds Voice to Open Source Voting Systems Momentum
October 07, 2009 | No Comments
Christine Pelosi discusses open source voting systems with Open Voting Consortium founder Alan Dechert during a fundraiser last week in San Francisco. Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas October 7, 2009 The famous quote,…
Dead Peasants Insurance Policies
October 03, 2009 | 14 Comments
I learned about a new low in corporate greed from Michael Moore’s latest documentary “Capitalism: A Love Story,” which, by the way, I highly recommend. It is called “dead peasants” insurance. Companies take out secret insurance policies on their employees and name themselves as beneficiaries. And we are not talking about key employees since losing their expertise, knowledge and contacts of top managers can be financially devastating for companies. But companies also write policies for rank-and-file employees. When the employee dies, the company, not his or her family, gets the insurance money. In Moore’s movie, Wal-Mart took out a secret policy on a cake decorator, and when she died, Wal-Mart received $80,000, but her family received nothing.
Overheard: Radulovich, Hall, Plotting Candidacies?
October 01, 2009 | 23 Comments
Hall, you’ll recall, was forced to drop out of the 2007 race for mayor and, subsequently, the 2008 race for District 7 supervisor when a “politically motivated†anonymous complaint filed with the San Francisco Ethics Commission triggered a yearlong investigation into alleged campaign finance violations by Hall in connection with his 2004 re-election campaign for supervisor. Hall believes the anonymous complaint was penned by Attorney Jim Sutton on behalf of Mayor Gavin Newsom and Supervisor Sean Elsbernd to eliminate Hall as a threat to Newsom and Elsbernd’s respective re-election campaigns.
Isn’t it Time For An Early Afghanistan Exit Strategy?
September 29, 2009 | 9 Comments
What is the cost of the War in Afghanistan so far? The War (2001–present) has cost the lives of 830 Americans due to hostile and non-hostile actions. In addition, the War has caused the deaths of thousands of Afghan civilians directly from insurgent and foreign military action, as well as the deaths of possibly tens of thousands of Afghan civilians indirectly as a consequence of displacement, starvation, disease, exposure, lack of medical treatment, crime and lawlessness resulting from the war.
Global Warming: Activists Fear Sea Level Rise
Will Cause Toxic Soup at Naval Superfund Site
September 29, 2009 | 6 Comments
 Bayview Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Photo courtesy US Navy. By Carol Harvey, guest contributor September 29, 2009 As a child, Marie Harrison, Greenaction environmental justice activist and Bayview Hunter’s Point resident, fished in San…
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Preparing for Peak Oil:
How Our Lives Will Change Forever
September 29, 2009 | 5 Comments
By William Chadwick September 29, 2009 “We are a society that is addicted to oil, and we don’t want to hear that it is going to run out.” – James Howard Kunstler What do the…
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