Killing the Messenger
Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Economics, MediaWatch, Politics, San Francisco, Stories | No Comments »
The future of newspapers is a much-discussed topic these days. Print papers are struggling financially. Readership is down, and so is advertising, because people have found less expensive options on ... Read more..Searching with Candles — A Rug Riff
Friday, July 25th, 2008 Posted in San Francisco, Searching with Candles, Stories | No Comments »
[No politics today. Just a short short story, what the Japanese call a "palm-of-the-hand tale." Or a beginning.] Her eyes kept coming back to the pattern in the rug. It was a ... Read more..Noodling on the News — V Is for Versailles
Friday, July 18th, 2008 Posted in Environment, MediaWatch, Noodling, Politics, San Francisco, Stories | No Comments »
[As always, click on a thumbnail image to see it more clearly.] On the third planet from the sun, the following appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on July 13: The green ... Read more..It’s a Cat’s Life
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in Environment, San Francisco, Stories | 1 Comment »
Just across Cesar Chavez from the "gritty Mission," Bernal Hill rises 433 feet into the sky. Perhaps because it has more than the city's usual allotment of open space, it's ... Read more..Noodling on the News — Channeling Kafka
Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in MediaWatch, Noodling, Politics, San Francisco, Stories | No Comments »
On the third planet from the sun, Bob Egelko wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco --- Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, a now-defunct organization that was once on the government's terrorist ... Read more..Noodling on the News — When the C-in-C Calls
Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Noodling, Politics, Stories | No Comments »
On the third planet from the sun, the New York Times wrote in an editorial, [John C.] Yoo, who, inexplicably, teaches law at the University of California, Berkeley, never directly argues ... Read more..Noodling on the News — The Witness
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Noodling, Politics, San Francisco, Stories | No Comments »
On the third planet from the sun, Cecelia M. Vega wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle, A series of new television and radio commercials, billboards and bus shelter signs will soon ... Read more..Noodling on the News — Over the Waives
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in Noodling, Politics, Stories | No Comments »
On the third planet from the sun, Roger Runningen wrote in Bloomberg.com, The U.S. wants to start construction next year of a missile site in Poland for 10 interceptors and a ... Read more..Noodling on the News — Catching Z’s
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Noodling, San Francisco, Stories | No Comments »
On the third planet from the sun, Gwen Knapp wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle, For the most part, Zito didn't throw harder than 84 mph all day. He knows his ... Read more..Asylum — A San Francisco Story (5)
Friday, March 21st, 2008 Posted in San Francisco, Stories | No Comments »
Simon ran up the street. Noticing that his feet pounded hollowly on the wooden sidewalk, he moved out into the road. Tiny puffs of dust rose behind him at every ... Read more..