Subject: Think Tanks

• Bay Area Profs Speak Out Against Stimulus

  Did stimulus really help them?Washington's elected officials and punditocracy have of late been consumed in hashing out the shape of an economic stimulus package. While no love has been lost between Republicans and Democrats in the pit fight over the bill's final shape, both sides say they recognize that some form of government action is needed, and needed promptly. "I can tell you that doing nothing is not an option," President Obama said today during an appearance in the economic disaster zone

  February 9, 2009

• The War On Gangs

  With murders on the rise, City Attorney Dennis Herrera is cracking down on gangs using a legal tool critics say smacks of McCarthyism

  August 22, 2007

• Blood Money

  February 14, 2007

• Greening the Left

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

  February 15, 2006

• Talib Kweli

  October 27, 2004

• Letters to the Editor

  June 9, 2004

• Institute of Hate

  Right-wingers are targeting liberal pastors -- including at least one in S.F. -- who favor gay marriage

  February 25, 2004

• The World According to Bechtel

  There are well-connected companies. Then there's Bechtel.

  June 18, 2003

• Big Doctor Is Watching

  As of April 14, the national security police can monitor your medical records without your knowledge. So can the local police.

  May 28, 2003

• Not Your Mother's Peace Movement

  Major anti-war groups change strategy, hoping to win over mainstream voters the Bush administration can't ignore

  November 6, 2002

• Asking, Telling

  The Pentagon claims gays who serve openly undermine the force, but a local researcher's evidence says otherwise. Could his work help President Bush make life better for gay soldiers than it ever was under Clinton?

  January 31, 2001

• Best City Transportation Improvement

  Valencia Street Bike Lane

  May 17, 2000