S.F. Republicans’ prescriptions for an ailing party
By Peter Jamison
I spent the momentous night of Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, in an unlikely place — among Republicans in San Francisco. To observe the city’s longtime political minority watching their party recede to a minority nationwide, I ventured down to Jones Roadhouse, a bar in the Marina. There I found an election night bash put on by the San Francisco Republican Party and San Francisco Young Republicans, lots of TV screens tuned to FO
USF undergrad Ryan Caskey, left, seen here with his ROTC colleagues, is accused of four campus rapesOne of George Carlin's lesser-known jokes was a fake news item about a tollbooth collector being arrested after years of systematically pouring boiling oil on drivers' hands. It seems he was tracked down with the aid of witnesses. On a similar -- and less funny -- note, The Snitch was dumbfounded that USF undergraduate Ryan Caskey, 21, allegedly raped four -- four! -- of his female "acquaintances"
Former USF student Ryan Caskey (left) is accused of rape. Texas' Ryan Caskey (right) is accused of impersonating a police officer.The Dallas Police Department confirmed to SF Weekly that Texas fugitive Ryan Caskey -- a man accused of falsifying a police and military background and arresting suspects alongside cops in Dallas and Arlington -- is not the same man as the former University of San Francisco and ROTC student accused of raping four undergraduates. "Close -- but no," said a Dallas Police
Tonight the San Francisco school board prepares to make a momentous decision on the final fate of JROTC in city schools -- in effect deciding whether the political agenda of the district will opt students out. So, it's worth noting that no less a bastion of liberal educational policy than The Chronicle of Higher Education last month offered up an editorial advocating for the return of ROTC programs to universities like Harvard where they have been banned since the 1960s.
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