Maureen Dowd

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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

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

David Denby's attack on snark too earnest

Bush's Brain

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

Funky Fresh

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

Louder Than Bombs

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

Blood Money

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

The Larry David Show

A movie about something, sort of

Under His Skin

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

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.