Joseph Heller

"Barney's Version": Mordecai Richler gets a downgrade

Pissing Contest Between Newsom, Avalos May End Next Week

​When conjuring up Catch-22 analogies involving Mayor Gavin Newsom and Supervisor John Avalos, one runs into a stumbling block right away. Which one is Yossarian? And who gets to be Major Major? (Personally, we see Newsom as Milo Minderbinder; they have similar feelings about privitazation). In an ... More >>

Philip Glass' Appomattox a Civil Bore

​When conjuring up Catch-22 analogies involving Mayor Gavin Newsom and Supervisor John Avalos, one runs into a stumbling block right away. Which one is Yossarian? And who gets to be Major Major? (Personally, we see Newsom as Milo Minderbinder; they have similar feelings about privitazation). In an ... More >>

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, September 15, 2004

Hosed

The Fire Department is a bloated fiscal mess that, thanks to union politics, won't face the budget cuts it should

Blood From a Stone

In tracking down a lost author, Mark Moskowitz brings his own literary passion to life on the screen

Crushed

A successful, prolific inventor reveals how not to create a new product