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Maureen Dowd

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    December 15, 2011

    Actually, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom Is Really Busy

    Well, at least he can now tell us what exactly the Lieutenant Governor does ​Remember last January when Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was reflecting on his political career, and so eloquently remarked to NY Times columnist Maureen Dowd that in a few years "you'll see me as a clerk of a wine store."Turns o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Gavin Newsom "Blindingly Handsome" to New Yorkers

    We cannot see!​Gavin Newsom never got along with the local press, especially when asked about uncomfortable topics. Actually, he seemed to prefer to get into huffy fights with them, or attempt to bite their microphones. But the New York City press loves our ex-mayor. The New Yorker wrote a feature ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Holding Out on Jerry Brown -- Until He's More Like Gavin

    Jer's not getting any from Uppity Fag until he puts out ... some real action​Over the weekend I joined (yet one more) Facebook group - The LGBT Community for Jerry Brown.  I joined so I could keep an eye on him and on the LGBT community.The gays have a tendency to fawn for any politician with ... More >>

  • News

    February 24, 2010

    List: Why is Newsom vying for California's lieutenant governorship?

    Jer's not getting any from Uppity Fag until he puts out ... some real action​Over the weekend I joined (yet one more) Facebook group - The LGBT Community for Jerry Brown.  I joined so I could keep an eye on him and on the LGBT community.The gays have a tendency to fawn for any politician with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz -- With Three Prizes!

    Time for a new entry: Tellin' off President Obama!​Allow us to once again congratulate last week's news quiz winner Jaclyn Abergas -- and remind her that the large, white tiger stuffed animal she earned is still waiting for her. Seriously, he's crowding me out of my own desk here. This weeks' winn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Is Gavin Newsom Leaving Politics?

    The short answer, according to his spokesman, is no. But you could be forgiven for getting a very different impression from Maureen Dowd's latest column in The New York Times, in which the Times' sorta-funny, sorta-edgy political scribe wonders aloud why San Francisco's mayor is "leaving politics ju ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2009

    Sorry, S.F.: Gavin Newsom's just not that into you

    (with apologies to the authors of He's Just Not That Into You)

  • Culture

    January 28, 2009

    David Denby's attack on snark too earnest

    (with apologies to the authors of He's Just Not That Into You)

  • Film

    October 15, 2008

    Bush's Brain

    Oliver Stone assigns motive to Dubya's M.O., but at this point, who cares?

  • Film

    February 1, 2006

    Funky Fresh

    A white leading man in a black movie? That is something new.

  • Music

    April 27, 2005

    Louder Than Bombs

    For MC Immortal Technique, planting the seeds of revolution ain't nothin' but a g-thang

  • Culture

    January 22, 2003

    Blood Money

    Why John Cusack wouldn't do anything till he made this Hitler movie

  • Film

    May 13, 1998

    The Larry David Show

    A movie about something, sort of

  • News

    April 30, 1997

    Under His Skin

    Dermatologist Michael Franzblau goes national with claims that a Marin newspaper ran an anti-Semitic column about him

  • News

    May 29, 1996

    Final Deadline

    David Burgin is legendary as a rough-and-tumble newspaper editor. But the legend is full of astonishing contradictions, and its last chapter may include the outcome of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by one of his proteges at the Oakland Tribune.

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