Living on the Edge of Ripeness
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 Posted in Books, Economics, Environment, Politics, San Francisco, The Arts, labor | No Comments »
Over Labor Day weekend, Slow Food came to San Francisco. That's Slow Food, capitalized, as opposed to fast food, lowercased. Its arrival was preceded by a petition calling for a ... Read more..Doing the Palin Polka
Monday, September 8th, 2008 Posted in Books, MediaWatch, Politics, The Arts | 3 Comments »
Hey, guys! John McCain really did a number on you when he selected Sarah Palin as his running mate. And he’s been jerking your chains ever since. Why did you ... Read more..A Frame for Mission Dolores
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Books, Politics, San Francisco, The Arts | 1 Comment »
I’ve been reading George Lakoff’s new book, The Political Mind. Lakoff set progressive politicians aback several years ago when he told published Don’t Think of an Elephant. He suggested then ... Read more..Wall-E’s Song
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in Economics, Environment, MediaWatch, Movies, Politics, The Arts | No Comments »
(Warning: Contains a spoiler.) Once upon a time, in the not-too-distant future, the material world overwhelmed the physical world. In other words, there was so much garbage on earth that it ... Read more..Summer in the City: Beginnings
Friday, June 13th, 2008 Posted in Fine Arts, MediaWatch, Politics, San Francisco, The Arts | No Comments »
Sumer is icumen in, the old song says. And quite a summer it promises to be. In addition to the usual games at City Hall, there will be June weddings, lots ... Read more..A Prayer for Saint Samuel
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Books, MediaWatch, Politics, San Francisco, The Arts | 2 Comments »
It’s hard for the City of San Francisco to get a fair shake these days, either in the media or among the general American public. Its image precedes its reality. ... Read more..Death in the City — A Grave Talent
Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in Books, Fine Arts, MediaWatch, Politics, San Francisco, The Arts, Uncategorized | No Comments »
In case you were worried, it's still a man's world. In spite of Hillary Clinton's campaign for the presidency, sexism is still alive and well in the United States. If anything, ... Read more..Death in the City — Runoff
Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Books, MediaWatch, Noodling, Politics, San Francisco, The Arts | No Comments »
Once upon a time, there was a mayoral election. One of the candidates was the mayor's "hand-picked successor." Young and handsome, [the candidate] was a political moderate: he was popular with ... Read more..Questions of Guilt
Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Movies, Politics, The Arts | No Comments »
It was a major film, created by a major director. And yet the producers found it so offensive that they refused to release it. An official at BBC, one of ... Read more..Let There Be Light… and Dark
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Fine Arts, MediaWatch, Politics, San Francisco, The Arts | No Comments »
Joy to the World. Visit a major city almost anywhere in the world, and you’re likely to find public art lurking around every corner. Some of it is good; some ... Read more..