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1998 Stories by John Mecklin

• Mecklin

  published December 23, 1998

  To the Newsracks! It was a cold, crisp, bright Saturday afternoon, and I was happy. Bill Clinton would suffer awhile longer. House... More >>

• Mecklin

  published December 16, 1998

  Merry Christmas to Emilio Cruz, Amos Brown, and Especially Willie Brown Jr. The look and feel of the city -- the skaters at... More >>

• Mecklin

  published October 14, 1998

  Unblinkered For years now, I've enjoyed reading an intelligent little politics and policy magazine called The Washington Monthly, founded... More >>

• Mecklin

  published July 22, 1998

  The Weasels Behind the Headlines Editors' letters may be the funniest pieces of journalism published on a regular basis in America. No, I'm... More >>

• Mecklin

  published June 10, 1998

  Chronicle of Failure One wonders what it would take for the San Francisco Chronicle to publish negative news about Willie Brown. Perhaps if... More >>

• The Grid

  published May 27, 1998

  They Endorse; We Demand Stare at the watch. The watch is swinging. Back and forth. Forth and back. The Grid commands. You must obey.... More >>

• The Grid

  published May 6, 1998

  Have You Heard the News? Every so often, the Grid discovers that journalists thousands of miles away have dug up information that would... More >>

• The Grid

  published April 22, 1998

  The Newsrack Non-Problem There's a loony little paper called SF Frontlines that takes great joy in proclaiming that SF Weekly has committed... More >>

• Mecklin

  published April 8, 1998

  Vanishing Acts Because I'm an editor, from time to time I hire writers. During their first few days on the job, they all seem to want to... More >>

• The Grid

  published March 11, 1998

  Peeling Onions Susan Leal, the new city treasurer, is answering questions in precisely measured speech informed with a certain degree of... More >>

• The Grid

  published February 11, 1998

  Checking Accounts However badly you have mangled your personal finances -- however often you have used one maxed-out credit card to make... More >>

• The Grid

  published January 7, 1998

  Union Disorganizing San Francisco loves to remind itself that it's a union town. Unions are powerful here, we like to claim. We are... More >>