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John Kerry

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball: A First Listen

    ​Bruce Springsteen has done a lot in the last 20 years: toured for John Kerry, immortalized a horrific moment of police brutality in "American Skin (41 Shots)," and put his money where his mouth is as America's Poster Boy, with a big fat folk album enlisting a dozen sepia-toned authenticity arbite ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    San Franciscans Are Not Googling "the N-Word"

    Hey Barry! Guess what my constituents haven't been Googling!​In 2008, Barack Obama was the rising tide that buoyed all San Francisco ships -- at least the ones that floated a bit to the left. A massive turnout for "Hope" and "Change" -- 84 percent of a swollen turnout voted for Obama -- also led t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    U.S. Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill To Help Same-Sex Couples Sponsor Foreign Partners

    A new push to change the law for same-sex binational couples. ​U.S. lawmakers reintroduced a bill Thursday that would allow gay Americans to sponsor their same-sex partner for a visa, just as straight married couples can. At the same time, Congress members wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Standing Up for Bullies, Taking the Rest of the Beef Out of 'Taco Meat'

    ​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Uh, did you know that if you live in S.F., you can get a free spay or neuter at the SFSPCA for your dog or cat during the month of February? TRUE FACT. So if any of you are running around with companion animals ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2010

    The Identity Card

    Voting by race has made the city's political representation more Asian. It could be what puts 33-year-old Jane Kim on the board of supervisors.

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Democratic Excuse: Blame the Gays!

    ​If this election goes as poorly for the Democrats as everyone says it's going to you can lay odds that there is one population that will be blamed for the defeat: the GAYS.  Yep, that's right. The gays are gonna screw this up for everyone -- again. The target on the gays was drawn thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2009

    Billionaire Oilman's Traveling Green Energy Road Show Hits S.F.

    Daniel KramerT. Boone PickensAs Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens hits San Francisco tonight in his ongoing tour promoting a curtailing of foreign oil imports and a bolstering of domestic clean energy (in which he is invested to the gills), a long, strange article about Pickens' long, strange trip h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2008

    The Face That Launched A Thousand Quips: Tom Ammiano Bids Adieu to His Constituency

    Finally, a reason to visit Sacramento By Joe Eskenazi After eight years of racking up some of the world’s best off-color, gay-themed double-entendres – and, incidentally, governing San Francisco – Supervisor Tom Ammiano tossed a few last one-liners to his adoring public before opting to lea ... More >>

  • News

    April 30, 2008

    Party Crashers 08

    Ralph Nader and running mate Matt Gonzalez are looking to make a difference in the upcoming presidential election. Early polling suggests they just might.

  • Music

    April 16, 2008

    Renaissance men at the Nag's Head

    Ralph Nader and running mate Matt Gonzalez are looking to make a difference in the upcoming presidential election. Early polling suggests they just might.

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2008

    The Big Super Tuesday Loser: Endorsements

    Ralph Nader and running mate Matt Gonzalez are looking to make a difference in the upcoming presidential election. Early polling suggests they just might.

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Is Payback a Bitch? How Angry is Gavin at Obama's 'Snub'?

    Ralph Nader and running mate Matt Gonzalez are looking to make a difference in the upcoming presidential election. Early polling suggests they just might.

  • Culture

    January 9, 2008

    Election, Stage Left

    Political theater may preach to the converted, but it can still teach us something about the world

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2008

    Obama Election Analysis - The kids come through for Obama and change the world

    Political theater may preach to the converted, but it can still teach us something about the world

  • Music

    November 14, 2007

    Jay-Z's New Title: Most Overrated Rapper Ever

    Political theater may preach to the converted, but it can still teach us something about the world

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2007

    'Daily Kos' Profile -- From Michael Moore to El Salvador, Berkeley Blog Creates Digital Community

    Political theater may preach to the converted, but it can still teach us something about the world

  • Music

    August 22, 2007

    Fill in the blanks: Bouncer Mad Libs!

    Political theater may preach to the converted, but it can still teach us something about the world

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2007

    Conspiracy! Michael Moore, Gavin Newsom In Global Flip-Flop Ring

    Political theater may preach to the converted, but it can still teach us something about the world

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2007

    Getting Rich in San Francisco Politics: The Cost of Gavin Newsom's Affair

    Political theater may preach to the converted, but it can still teach us something about the world

  • News

    April 11, 2007

    Union Disunity

    The secret deal worked out between SEIU bosses and nursing home owners denies union members the right to speak out, strike, or protect patients

  • Home Entertainment

    May 31, 2006

    Dreams of Syndication

    The secret deal worked out between SEIU bosses and nursing home owners denies union members the right to speak out, strike, or protect patients

  • Film

    April 5, 2006

    All Gave Some

    Sir! No Sir! recounts the GIs who refused to ride the killing machine

  • News

    February 15, 2006

    Greening the Left

    Tycoons will pay to generate leftist ideas in voters' minds, but now they want to see results

  • Music

    September 28, 2005

    I Think, Therefore I Drink

    Asking the Big Questions at a working-class Latino dive bar with chafing dishes full of beanie weenies

  • Calendar

    August 31, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Asking the Big Questions at a working-class Latino dive bar with chafing dishes full of beanie weenies

  • News

    June 22, 2005

    The Minuteman's 15 Minutes of Fame (Minute 14.5)

    At the Arizona border, Infiltrator checks in with Americans who help the government look for illegal aliens

  • Culture

    May 25, 2005

    Sneaking Into the Flying Circus: How the Media Turn Our Presidential Campaigns Into Freak Shows

    Nancy Pelosi's daughter explains how (but not why) running for prez became so miserable

  • News

    April 27, 2005

    The Politics of Cynicism

    SEIU lobbies for nursing home chains. Clint Reilly vs. Jack Davis, redux. Kerry raises money for Reilly's wife. Fabulous. Absolutely Fabulous.

  • News

    December 15, 2004

    Housing Democrats

    Why Democratic mayors must build America's cities by establishing an urban real estate cartel

  • News

    November 17, 2004

    Donkey Doo Doesn't Smell

    Are you an apologist for Democratic Party aspirations? Do quiz, find out.

  • Film

    November 10, 2004

    The Edge of Treason

    Bridget Jones is betrayed by a dumb, dull sequel

  • News

    November 10, 2004

    Husbanding Our Resources

    To close the budget deficit, Mayor Newsom should take on the fire union and SFO's bureaucrats before he closes a single rec center for a single hour

  • Music

    November 3, 2004

    OK Then

    Ashlee-gate proves that George Bush's incompetence has corrupted our nation's pop singers

  • News

    October 27, 2004

    Apathy to the Rescue

    How to make the undecideds break for Kerry? Threaten to turn off Survivor and Friends reruns.

  • News

    October 20, 2004

    Yo Soy Centroamericano

    Why vote Kerry? Exhibit No. 1: George W. Bush has shamelessly hired the dangerous figures behind the Iran-Contra Affair into senior diplomatic posts.

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Why vote Kerry? Exhibit No. 1: George W. Bush has shamelessly hired the dangerous figures behind the Iran-Contra Affair into senior diplomatic posts.

  • Music

    September 22, 2004

    Me Talk Pretty

    In conversation with comedian Patton Oswalt and the original pianist for John Kerry's Electras

  • News

    September 22, 2004

    The Chair From Abu Ghraib

    When a Texas Rangers reliever threw a chair at a fan, the response was outrage. But was the outrage overdone?

  • News

    September 15, 2004

    Making Kerry Kerry On

    What will it take to make John Kerry mad enough to speak the plain truths that will win the election?

  • Music

    August 11, 2004

    Electra-fied

    John Kerry's high school garage band tells all!

  • Music

    August 4, 2004

    Songs of Freedom

    Perhaps the candidates running in the 2004 election could use some help selecting their campaign music

  • Calendar

    July 14, 2004

    Globalization

    Films of the World, Unite!

  • News

    June 30, 2004

    Partners in Slime

    The California service employees' union and the nursing home industry join forces to increase corporate profit, grow union membership, and sell out abused nursing home patients

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    The California service employees' union and the nursing home industry join forces to increase corporate profit, grow union membership, and sell out abused nursing home patients

  • News

    May 12, 2004

    The Counter-Counterculture

    Ah, to be young and Republican at Cal

  • News

    April 28, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, April 28, 2004

  • Music

    April 14, 2004

    Punk in Drublic

    Piecing together a long night of drinking the old fashioned way: horribly

  • News

    April 7, 2004

    Sex and the Single Psychologist

    Should Dr. Al Cooper's fuzzy data and controversial subject stop him from becoming a media darling -- or getting a date?

  • News

    March 10, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, March 10, 2004

  • News

    February 25, 2004

    Dead Man Running

    "Kucinich is, like, The normal laws of physics don't apply to me.'"

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