SF Chronicle news quiz, Nov. 21
Marshall Kilduff
1 Why did crabbers delay the Dungeness season? A: Rough seas B: Cheap Chinese crab imports C: Shells weren't hard enough D: Oil slick covered the best spots 2 What country is keeping a Nobel Peace Prize winner in jail?...
The beginning of the end for the War on Drugs?
Joe Amon
A report to the U.N. General Assembly at the end of October about the need for better sex education was met with a flurry of angry voices. African nations rejected the report. Caribbean countries said they took "umbrage"...
What they said: Quotes from Aung San Suu Kyi
"To achieve democracy we need to create a network, not just in our country but around the world. I will try to do that. If you do nothing, you get nothing." Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi in her first speech after...
Oakland leads self-help answer to blacks' crisis
Brenda Payton
Oakland will host the launch of an ambitious national initiative in two weeks to address the multifaceted crisis facing African American children, particularly boys. Called "A New Way Forward: Healing What's Hurting...
Latinos claim school majority
Vlae Kershner
These SFGate.com articles and photo collections received the most page views in the week ending Friday morning at 11: Articles 1. Latino kids now majority in state's public schools 2. Asian Pop: Bad dog 3. Man hunting...
U.S. not prepared for Mumbai-like terror attacks
John Arquilla
It took the 10 terrorists just 10 minutes to overwhelm Mumbai's defenses when they struck in November 2008. They were organized in five two-man teams, and the first waded into the crowd at one of India's biggest railway...
Robert Reich: Obama must oppose tax cuts for rich
Robert Reich
Let's hope the president holds his ground on not extending the Bush tax cuts to the richest Americans - who don't need it, don't deserve it and won't help the economy if they get it. But instead of limiting his proposed...
Netanyahu's goal to scuttle Mideast peace talks
Joel Brinkley
Don't expect much from the Obama administration's latest push to promote Middle East peace negotiations. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is talking a good game, but he has been trying to kill the talks from...
Parting shots / From The Chronicle Editorial Board
GOOD WEEK BAD WEEK Lisa Murkowski Won the first write-in senatorial campaign since 1954 and taught Sarah Palin a lesson about the limits of her endorsements. START treaty Senate Republicans threaten to derail the new...
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