John Kerry

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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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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.

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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.

Renaissance men at the Nag's Head

The Big Super Tuesday Loser: Endorsements

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

Election, Stage Left

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

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

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

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

Fill in the blanks: Bouncer Mad Libs!

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

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

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

Dreams of Syndication

All Gave Some

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

Greening the Left

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

I Think, Therefore I Drink

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

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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

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

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.

Housing Democrats

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

Donkey Doo Doesn't Smell

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

The Edge of Treason

Bridget Jones is betrayed by a dumb, dull sequel

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

OK Then

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

Apathy to the Rescue

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

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.

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Me Talk Pretty

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

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?

Making Kerry Kerry On

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

Electra-fied

John Kerry's high school garage band tells all!

Songs of Freedom

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

Globalization

Films of the World, Unite!

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

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Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Punk in Drublic

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

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?

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Dead Man Running

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