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Friday Fantasy

Christopher Caen | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Ross Mirkarimi Domestic Violence, Rose Pak, Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Around Town, San Francisco Examiner, Ross Mirkarimi Trial, Comedy News, Humor, Willie Brown, San Francisco News, Newspaper Columnists, San Francisco Media, Comedy News

Every journalist has their Holy Grail. And ever since this whole Mirkarimi saga started, I have wanted to bust it wide open, and uncover what everyone was quietly talking about.

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Friday Fielders

Christopher Caen | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Around Town, Comedy News, Humor, San Francisco News, Newspaper Columnists, San Francisco Media, Ross Mirkarimi Trial, Ross Mirkarimi Domestic Violence, San Francisco News

After what has seemed like the longest spring training in history, opening day is finally here. Nope, I'm not talking about baseball. I am talking about our sheriff, Ross Mirkarimi, and finally we can get this whole trial underway.

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Friday Frustration: Pier 29 Hung Out to Dry

Christopher Caen | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: San Francisco News, Board of Supervisors, My Sf, San Francisco Around Town, San Francisco Examiner, Comedy News, Humor, San Francisco Impact, Newspaper Columnists, America's Cup, San Francisco Media, San Francisco News

Some victory laps are expected, and some are not. S.F.'s agreement with the America's Cup organizers is finally going to the full Board of Supervisors next week. Many are relieved, but the manner of this victory lap is particularly odd.

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Friday Future

Christopher Caen | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Newspaper Columnists, French American International School, De Marillac Academy, San Francisco News, Humor, San Francisco Media, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Around Town, My Sf, Comedy News, Sfbig, San Francisco Impact, San Francisco News

As much as we talk about economic tax breaks, historical districts, and other "drivers" of our economy, the reality is the lifeblood of our future is these kids. Schools like De Marillac anchor a neighborhood in a way that no legislation ever will.

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Friday Friends: The New Good Old Days

Christopher Caen | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Original Joe's, Newspaper Columnists, Bottle Cap, San Francisco News, San Francisco Bars, Humor, San Francisco Media, San Francisco Tourism, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Around Town, My Sf, Park Tavern, Comedy News, San Francisco News

If there is one thing we San Franciscans love talking about, it's those hallowed days of yore. It makes me wonder: Did those people back then think they were in the good old days?

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Friday Father: San Francisco at a Crossroads

Christopher Caen | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: San Francisco Tourism, San Francisco Bars, My Sf, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Around Town, Comedy News, Humor, San Francisco News, The Gold Dust Lounge, Newspaper Columnists, San Francisco Media, San Francisco News

What does it mean to be a native San Franciscan? Such an easy question, and yet I was unable to get my arms around it.

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Friday Followers: Mayor Lee Needs to Take the Lead

Christopher Caen | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: San Francisco Tourism, San Francisco Bars, Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Around Town, Comedy News, Humor, San Francisco News, The Gold Dust Lounge, Newspaper Columnists, San Francisco Media, Mayor Ed Lee, Ed Lee, San Francisco News

Having fun yet Mister Mayor? Somewhere along the line, you must have realized that there is no grace period for this job. And worse, that there is no place to hide.

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Is San Francisco Becoming San FranciscoWorld?

Christopher Caen | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Around Town, Comedy News, Humor, San Francisco News, Newspaper Columnists, San Francisco Media, San Francisco Bars, San Francisco Tourism, The Gold Dust Lounge, My Sf, San Francisco News

The Gold Dust Lounge is one of the venerable old watering holes downtown, which used to be littered with them. Now, like many other cities, downtown is turning into a glorified mall, and the saloon is being forced out for yet another clothing store.

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Friday Finish: Sheriff Mirkarimi Indicted

Christopher Caen | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Newspaper Columnists, San Francisco News, Humor, Ross Mirkarimi, Progressives, San Francisco Media, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Around Town, Comedy News, San Francisco Progressives, San Francisco News

Besides this being the possible end to a progressive golden boy, could this also be a Waterloo for the progressive movement in San Francisco?

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Friday Footsteps: San Francisco Nostalgia

Christopher Caen | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: San Francisco Examiner, Humor, Comedy News, Newspaper Columnists, San Francisco News, San Francisco Media, San Francisco Around Town, My Sf, San Francisco News

Any New Year's run through San Francisco is going to be as much a run into the past as a run into the future.

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Friday Fettle

Christopher Caen | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: San Francisco Examiner, Occupy Wall Street, Humor, Comedy News, Newspaper Columnists, San Francisco News, San Francisco Media, San Francisco News

December 23 - Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the town... well, actually it's the night before the night before Christmas, and all th...

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Friday Fishwrap

Christopher Caen | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: San Francisco Examiner, Comedy News, Humor, Occupy Wall Street, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, San Francisco News, Newspaper Columnists, San Francisco Media, San Francisco News

Apparently, we should all be happy these days because we were told this week that the budget shortfall is less than originally stated. This is good in a "the plane isn't diving into the ground as fast as assumed" way.

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Once, There Were the Irregulars...

Christopher Caen | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Humor, San Francisco News, Comedy News, San Francisco Examiner, Newspaper Columnists, San Francisco Media, Occupy Wall Street, San Francisco News

I was a columnist for the SF Examiner, and I had the slightly deranged mission of writing about... well... whatever I wanted. But really, my editors knew there was only thing I wanted to write about: San Francisco.

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The Brad Pitt Homes of NOLA

Paul LaRosa | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Brad-Pitts-House-Design, New Orleans, Newspaper Columnists, Brad Pitt, Brad Pitt's 'Make It Right' Project, Tulane University, New York Times, Nola, Tom Friedman, Travel News

After visiting my son for the last time at Tulane University in New Orleans (he graduated!), I decided on this final trip to take a tour of the Ninth ...

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Tiger Woods = Enron (Frank Rich Fights Flimflam With Flimflam)

David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newspaper Columnists, Politics, Tiger Woods Affair, Golf, Ken Lay, Arthur Andersen, Tiger Woods, Frank Rich, Enron, New York Times, Media News, Accenture, Barack Obama, Media News

A Martian reading Rich's words would almost certainly emerge from the column believing that Tiger Woods got famous on the strength of his claims of being faithful to his wife.

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The Writer's Life: Interview with New York Times Columnist Michelle Slatalla

Jessica Gross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Journalists, Newspaper Columnists, New York Times, California, Michelle Slatalla, New York, Journalism, Newspapers, Media News

Slatalla's writing is spunky and, though I'm a single 23-year-old and she covers late-40s motherhood, I devour her pieces. She finds adventure in the ordinary and humor in the potentially boring.

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Sotomayor Racist?

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Newspaper Columnists, Women, Supreme Court Justices, Latinos, Politicians, Women of Color, Latinas, Racist, Obama, American Sociological Association, Prejudice, Race, Employment Discrimination, Clarence Thomas, Barack Obama, Gender, Patricia Hill Collins, Talk Radio, Conservatives, Editorials, Race for the American Dream, American Dream, Sex, Sonia Sotomayor, Conservative Talk Radio, Racism, Sotomayor, Wage Gap, Discrimination, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Poverty Rate, Inequality, Histpanics, Politics News

The fact that these conservative politicians and commentators don't even see racism unless they feel it is directed against them is precisely why we need the voices of women of color on the court.

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Maureen Dowd Is All in Your Head

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Plagarism, Newspaper Columnists, New York Times, Maureen Dowd, Talking Points Memo, Michael Wolff, Josh Marshall, Media News

Here's the most boring question I've been asked in the last 24 hours: What do you think of Maureen Dowd's plagiarism? Here's the most boring question I'm regularly asked: What do you think of Maureen Dowd?

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Limbaugh's Love Letter -- To A Huffington Post Blogger!

Bill Mann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Detroit Free Press, Oakland Tribune, Newspaper Columnists, East Bay, Rush Limbaugh, Berkeley, Detroit, Media News

"I have actually been moved by what you have written and the way you have written it," Rush Limbaugh wrote to me.

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Put a Libertarian on the New York Times' Op-Ed Page

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newspaper Columnists, Newspapers, Reason, Bill Kristol New York Times, New York Times, Newspaper Op-Eds, Libertarian, William Kristol, Media News

Where's the tipping point between civil liberties and, to put it glibly, the government looking out for you?

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Centenarian Newspaper Columnist Leaves Us Many Storytelling Lessons

Sam Ford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newspaper Columnists, John C Morris, Storytelling, Ohio County Messenger, Newspapers, Beaver Dam Ky, Media News

John C. Morris was less than a month shy of his 109th birthday when he passed away in late October, but his passion for storytelling is something we can all learn from.

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Forget Hockey: Where Does Sarah Palin Stand on Baseball?

Karen Stabiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Westbrook Pegler, Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Sarah Palin, Irving Berlin, Yankee Stadium, Newspaper Columnists, Intolerance, Anti-Semite, Ballpark, God Bless America, Israel Baline, Conservative, Anti-Semitic, Politics News

If Westbrook Pegler were alive today, would he join in when we sing "God Bless America" in a ballpark, or would he mutter nasty asides about the religious beliefs of its esteemed composer?

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Ex-Senator Santorum Gets Philly Inky Column

Editor & Publisher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rick Santorum, Newspaper Columnists, Philadelphia Inquirer, George Curry, Conservative Columnists, Media News

A press conference will be held at 1:30 this afternoon at the Philadelphia Inquirer to announced that it has added former Sen. Rick Santorum to its st...

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Study: 60 Percent Of Nation's Daily Papers Publish More Conservative Columnists Than Progressives

Media Matters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newspaper Columnists, Liberal Media, Conservative Op-Eds, Conservative Media Bias, Liberal Bias, Conservative Columnists, Newspaper Op-Eds, Media Bias, Politics News

This project did something that has never been done before: It amassed data on the syndicated columnists published by nearly every daily newspaper in ...

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