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Someone Didn't Get the Memo, Meg
Gloria Nieto
Social justice activist looking for a job
Yesterday I watched the 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock news while wading through seed catalogues. Besides the usual depressing murders, unemployment and impending educational cuts was the story of Meg Whitman's tour of Southern Pacific train yards at the Port of Oakland. This was not your usual press gaggle following a... Read more »
03.10.10 at 7:29 PM | Comment count loading...
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Water infrastructure, but for whose benefit?
Peter Gleick
President, Pacific Institute
Part of the debate about water in the Western US, and California in particular, always revolves around whether, where, and how to build new dams. After all, that's how we tried to solve our past... Read more »
03.10.10 at 1:03 PM | Comment count loading...
Thin Mints in the Freezer
Marina Park
Girl Scout CEO, lawyer, mom
My daughters gave me grief last week when their friends started showing up at school with Samoas and Thin Mints and we didn't have any, yet. How could that be? Fortunately, Girl Scouts were out in... Read more »
03.10.10 at 12:18 PM | Comment count loading...
worst of durst
Will Durst
Political Comedian
Rush Limbaugh has threatened to leave the US should health care reform pass. For a lot of folks, that's a big win- win. Read more »
03.10.10 at 10:42 AM | Comment count loading...
The Senate Wants to Give Payday Lenders a Free-Pass
Ben Mangan
CEO of EARN, Social Sector Leader
If you care about the consumer financial protection conversation that's been going on in Washington, you have undoubtedly experienced exulted highs and despondent lows as the issue winds its way... Read more »
03.10.10 at 9:04 AM | Comment count loading...
The deal with Net Neutrality
Craig Newmark
Founder, Craigslist.org
I haven't had much luck explaining what that is, but for a good summary, check out Net neutrality laws lie in FCC hands : Strip away the technical jargon and this name-calling brawl is about whether... Read more »
03.09.10 at 6:39 PM | Comment count loading...
Ban on the importation of turtles and frogs
Ken White
President, Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA
Last week, the California State Fish & Game Commission unanimously voted to end future importation of live turtles and frogs for the State's live animal food markets. By this 5-to-zero vote, the... Read more »
03.09.10 at 8:25 AM | Comment count loading...
Healthcare is about not caring
Dawn Yun
Writing Mamas Founder, Journalist, Patient Advocate
Sometimes something is so improperly named as to be laughable (iPad). The best example: healthcare. A better name might be hell, we don't care! As in we have a monopoly (and it is a game) therefore... Read more »
03.09.10 at 8:00 AM | Comment count loading...
State announces list of persistently underperforming schools
Rachel Norton
School Board Member
Today the California Department of Education released its list of 187 "persistently-underperforming" schools -- an action required under legislation enacted this winter to help the state qualify for... Read more »
03.08.10 at 10:08 PM | Comment count loading...
Why newspapers will never be the same
Yumi Wilson
Journalism Professor
A winter afternoon with former letters editor Bill Pates reminded me why I love newspaper journalism, and already miss it so. It's not that newspapers are dead, or that news will disappear any time... Read more »
03.08.10 at 5:00 PM | Comment count loading...
The Best in the Business
Ricardo Bustamante
Ballet Master, SF Ballet
In my last blog post, I wrote a little about Fokine's Petrouchka , which just ended as part of Program 4. It's a wonderful piece: mysterious and fascinating. Historically this work helped usher in... Read more »
03.08.10 at 2:53 PM | Comment count loading...
Anti-corporate vs. Anti-government Anger: Who to Trust?
Dr. Jim Taylor
Ph.D., Psychology, author, speaker
This post is not a partisan polemic intended to attack those who hold different views than I. Rather, it is an honest attempt to understand the reasoning behind those who have divergent beliefs about... Read more »
03.08.10 at 5:00 AM | Comment count loading...
How to save your sanity (and money) this tax season
Kit Yarrow
Professor, Author, Consumer Psychologist
Leigh Edwards, a popular upscale barber at Hair Deux in San Francisco, always takes her annual vacation during tax season. Of her clientele she says, "They all procrastinate then go crazy and end up... Read more »
03.07.10 at 11:52 AM | Comment count loading...
The Oscars: Alec Baldwin at The Polo Lounge; Stephen Fry was there!
Zennie62
03.10.10 at 10:54 PM | Comment count loading...
Eat your bark; the minerals are good for you
Michael Chihak
03.10.10 at 6:22 PM | Comment count loading...
Two new airlines to offer in-flight wi-fi
Chris McGinnis
03.09.10 at 12:22 PM | Comment count loading...
Parenting and Autism? NBC's "Parenthood" nails it
Laura Shumaker
03.09.10 at 9:43 AM | Comment count loading...
Best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert says childless women are just fine
Margot Magowan
03.09.10 at 2:59 AM | Comment count loading...
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