Those of us lucky enough to still have gainful employment as the George W. Bush years stumble to their ignominious thud will be clocking in tomorrow around the time President-elect Barack Obama knocks the "elect" off his title.A rollicking article in the current New Yorker notes that while presidential inaugural speeches dropped from collegiate to junior high school reading levels from the span of Washington to W., one shouldn't assume they're getting worse. They've always been lousy; now they j
Anti-RecordsJust in case you forgot, February is Black History Month. This year, BHM has taken on an added significance with the historic election of Barack Obama, which has brought hope for meaningful change in society. However, it should be remembered that, to paraphrase Sam Cooke, it's been a loooo-nnng time comin', and furthermore, that some of the primary messengers of change have been black musicians.
On that note, legendary soulman (and Bay Area resident) Booker T. Jones - of Booker T.
Peaceful demonstrators shut down the intersection of Van Ness and Grove"Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face," Martin Luther King Jr. said in 1956. "But I left with a smile. I knew that I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime." San Francisco's 2009 version of the civil-rights struggle King waged fifty years ago saw plenty of smiling criminals arrested this afternoon. More often than not the cops were smiling, too.So far, d
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