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Will Durst
Political Comedian
The NRA is right: Guns don't kill people. The problem is those darn bullets that put in the holes that the blood leaks of out way too quick. Read more »
01.18.11 at 5:20 PM | Comment count loading...
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Wikileaks Julian Assange Up For "Best Founder" At Crunchies -
Zennie62
Exec Producer, Host: The Blog Report With Zennie62
More at Zennie62.com | Follow me on Twitter! | Get my widget! | Visit YouTube | Visit Facebook.com Julian Assange makes his presence felt! The 2011 Crunchies, the annual awards event for the Tech... Read more »
01.18.11 at 11:32 AM | Comment count loading...
Happy ending
Ken White
President, Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA
The phrase "happy ending" gets a nice twist to its meaning with this story. This beautiful, older, long hair red cat came into our care as a stray on December 15. Paralyzed in the hind end, perhaps... Read more »
01.18.11 at 8:29 AM | Comment count loading...
12 spring and summer programs for the autism spectrum crowd
Laura Shumaker
Writer and Autism Advocate
It was day 8 of a cold and rainy winter break. My sons were 11, 9 and 5 and squabbling incessantly. Just as I was counting the hours before the three went back to school, a gift from heaven arrived... Read more »
01.18.11 at 8:03 AM | Comment count loading...
Ed, Christine, Ralph, and Alma are home and healing: 9 approaches to homelessness that work and why
Doc Gurley
Internist Physician
This is one in a series of articles, running between Thanksgiving and January, examining the relationship between housing loss and death in San Francisco. Check out the previous articles in the... Read more »
01.18.11 at 4:44 AM | Comment count loading...
What Chinese-American Mothers do Wrong (and Right)
Dr. Jim Taylor
Ph.D., Psychology, author, speaker
Have you read the article on wsj.com by Amy Chua, a Chinese-American mother (and law professor at Yale)? If not, you probably don't have children. It is a must-read! I was both mesmerized and... Read more »
01.17.11 at 6:00 AM | Comment count loading...
Public/private partnership with FEMA
Craig Newmark
Founder, Craigslist.org
When something goes really wrong, we really need a hand... and we need to let people know how to get that help via social media. That's what some FEMA folks came to talk about in Silicon Valley... Read more »
01.16.11 at 1:41 PM | Comment count loading...
The Violent Truth in the Crosshairs: Shouting "Fire"
Steve Heilig
Healthcare ethicist, cultural critic
The recent shooting tragedy in Arizona, but more specifically the reactions to it, have reminded me of over a decade ago of some ugly incidents that occurred when I was working with Planned... Read more »
01.15.11 at 8:25 PM | Comment count loading...
Watch what you post! Collectors turn to social media
Erica Sandberg
Personal Finance Expert / Reporter
A few weeks back I wrote that I was working on this story and that I'd post the finished product when it went live. Well here it is: http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news... Read more »
01.14.11 at 1:23 PM | Comment count loading...
Palin, Crosshairs, and Semiotics: The Signs of the Times
Dean Rader
Poet / Professor / Cultural Critic
Can one draw a line between Sarah Palin's Crosshairs map and the shooting of twenty people in Tucson? Can political discourse be a catalyst to murder? Much has been made of Ms. Palin's map, the fact... Read more »
01.14.11 at 10:22 AM | Comment count loading...
Memories of Author Joe Gores
Mark Coggins
Novelist, essayist
Joe Gores with Maltese Falcon at Pleasanton Library. Green Apple Books , arguably the best used bookstore in San Francisco, offers a collectible books section near its front door. One day, maybe 15... Read more »
01.14.11 at 9:14 AM | Comment count loading...
Movin' on Up!
Ricardo Bustamante
Ballet Master, SF Ballet
There is no better news for us here at SF Ballet, than when Company members are promoted. It's so great to hear that dancers are being rewarded for their hard work and dedication! On Christmas Eve... Read more »
01.13.11 at 12:22 PM | Comment count loading...
California's Turning Tide on Youth Prisons
Jakada Imani
Executive Director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Seven years ago, Books Not Bars started calling for closing California's youth prisons. People laughed in our faces. Literally. Even reformers who agreed in private, thought we were foolish to call... Read more »
01.13.11 at 11:32 AM | Comment count loading...
Interview with Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak
Todd Miller
01.18.11 at 7:46 AM | Comment count loading...
Female desire and the princess culture
Margot Magowan
01.18.11 at 1:49 AM | Comment count loading...
What's the difference between a "liberal" and a "progressive?"
Bruce Reyes-Chow
01.16.11 at 7:00 AM | Comment count loading...
Oh no! QANTAS to axe SFO-Sydney nonstops
Chris McGinnis
01.15.11 at 2:44 AM | Comment count loading...
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