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The Reign of Her Majesty the Queen Turns Sixty! Diamonds (and Genes) are a Girl's Best Friend

Lisa Mirza Grotts | Posted June 2, 2012

Read More: Queen Elizabeth II, United Kingdom, Great Britian, Her Majesty, Corgis, Crowns, Diamond Jubliee, Horses, Jewels, Qeii, Royals, Tiaras

It's hard to believe that Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne sixty years ago this February. In the words of the late historian John Grigg, "Elizabeth II deserves praise for having been a bastion of stability in an age of social...

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Is Progress Possible?

Gary Hart | Posted June 2, 2012

Read More: George Orwell, Political Philosophy, Government, Government Contracts, Government Services, Laissez-Faire Economics, Margaret Thatcher, Progressive Movement, Progressive Society

He who controls the meaning of words defines the debate. George Orwell, among others, understood this very well. 'All animals are equal. Some are more equal than others," for example. When ideological media chatterers demonized the very legitimate word "liberal," most Democrats substituted the word "progressive" to describe their policies...

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One Teen's Fate: The Math of a 100-Year Sentence

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted June 1, 2012

Read More: Juvenile Justice, Pellicano Trial, Court Case, Crime, Gang, Jail, Murder, Parole, Prison, Rodrigo Cahallero

By: Teresa Chin
SAN FRANCISCO -- Should a judge be able to sentence a 16-year-old to 110 years in prison if he didn’t actually kill anyone? That is the question behind the court case The People vs. Rodrigo Caballero, which began opening statements before the California State Supreme Court...

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Review -- Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love

Lew Whittington | Posted June 1, 2012

Read More: Book Review, David Talbot, Season Of The Witch, David Talbot Books, David Talbot Salon, Season Of The Witch Book Review, Season Of The Witch Review

Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love
David Talbot
Free Press
452 pgs, hardcover, $28

Salon magazine founder David Talbot and author of the bestselling Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years has just released Season of the Witch --...

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Happy Hole-y Friday

EllynAnne Geisel | Posted June 1, 2012

Read More: Krispy Kreme, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Krispy Kreme Glazed Doughnut, Salvation Army, Doughnut Day, Doughnut Recipe, Giveaway, National Doughnut Day, National Dougnut Day, Women's History

June 1 is National Doughnut Day and I am in celebration mode.

I'm not alone in my love of a doughnut. According to one of my favorite little pamphlets, published in 1945 by the Doughnut Corp. of America, the doughnut is a symbol of fellowship, friendliness and a good time.

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What's the World's Weirdest Ice Cream Flavor?

Anneli Rufus | Posted June 1, 2012

Read More: Alain Ducasse, Chocolatier Blue Parlor, Daniel Boulud, Ice Cream, NY Restaurants, Artisanal, Berkeley, Dessert, Eat, Humphry Slocombe, Ice-Cream-Flavors, Japan, Joel Robuchon, San Francisco, San Francisco Restaurants, Wasabi

Ice cream is a blank slate. Like its old pal cake, ice cream is fine plain but can be adapted endlessly with every flavor and texture you can think of -- and some you can't.

Liberated from Western...

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Friday Finances: Ignore Us at Your Peril

Christopher Caen | Posted June 1, 2012

Read More: Electoral College, Sf Culture, West Coast, Election 2012, My Sf, San Francisco Around Town, San Francisco Giants, Sf Politics

You may not know it, being out here on the "other coast," but we actually have a presidential election coming up. Although we are one of the biggest states, one of the biggest economies, and one of the biggest piles of electoral college votes, we get absolutely no love, do...

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The Week to Week News Quiz for Friday, June 1, 2012

John Zipperer | Posted June 1, 2012

Read More: Commonwealth Club, Current Events, Current Events Quiz, News Quiz, News This Week, Week To Week, Week To Week Show

Are you sufficiently newsed-up? Take this news quiz and find out. Here are some random hints: The Obama administration is already not defending the Clinton-era law; the Donald won't; this isn't China -- yet; and we'll just say no thanks.

Now put those hints to good use and take the...

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Amsterdam-by-the-Bay: Learning Better Biking From the Dutch

Jay Walljasper | Posted June 1, 2012

Read More: Bay Area Biking, SF Around Town, Bikes, My Sf, Protected Bike Lanes, San Francisco Biking, Sf Biking

One of the most dangerous ideas infecting the United States today -- both for Americans and the rest of the world -- is the myth of American exceptionalism. At its core, this means that Americans have nothing to learn from anywhere else. Hooey! Balderdash! Horsefeathers! Human progress from the very...

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We Don't Miss Sexism and We Won't Miss Energy Waste

Claire Tomkins | Posted June 1, 2012

Read More: Climate Change, Climate Change Investments, Energy Efficiency

You only have to watch a few episodes of Mad Men to reflect on the fact that our social norms change with time. Thankfully, we've moved on from an office culture defined by sexism, tobacco and excessive lunch-time drinking -- three-martini luncheon anyone? And yet we've managed to preserve some...

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Fiat Lux, Willard!

William Bradley | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: 2012 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Benjamin Franklin, Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, Thomas Jefferson, Vietnam War, Age Of Enlightenment, Bain Capital, Birthers, California, Know-Nothings, Solyndra, Versailles

Amazingly, Mitt Romney has not one but two Harvard degrees. (Unfortunately for Harvard.)

On Thursday, during his California fundraising swing, Romney made a surprise, secret visit to the shuttered Fremont plant of Solyndra, the late solar firm which got a half billion in loans from the Obama Administration before...

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All the Dead People Say Yes

Mark Morford | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Catholic Church, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Marriage, Gay Military Graduates, Gay Soldiers Graduate, Progressives, Self-Expression

Somewhere along a forgotten branch of your family tree, there she is.

Somewhere deep in your lineage, there's at least one, maybe two, maybe even quite a few more whom you know nothing about -- relatives who, when they were alive, never made a sound or ruffled any feathers,...

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The Littlest Wildlife

Ken White | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA, U.S. Fish And Wildlife, Bugs, Butterflies, Insects, Invertebrates, Millipedes, Native Wildlife, Wildlife

Several hikes in the woods this past long weekend led to many wonderful wildlife sightings, including a few invertebrates. Those in the know reference these as "inverts" while the rest of us just call them "bugs." I am most decidedly in that second group of folks.

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Helping Teens Through Mindfulness

Patrick Cook-Deegan | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Meditation, Teenagers

Just over a year ago, a friend in Washington, D.C. was diagnosed with rare heart disease that put him on the verge of death. It took me by surprise -- he was 30 years old, and otherwise in great physical shape.

My friend had recently quit his job at the...

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A White Man's Guide to Dating Asian Girls

Teresa Hsiao | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Guide To Dating Asian Girls

Hey, white guys. You probably know by now that having an Asian girlfriend is a rite of passage for all white men. "Date an Asian chick" has become akin to "Go skydiving" or "Live in New York" in the veritable white guy bucket list. Of course, dating an Asian girl...

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Gertrude Stein's Oakland

Matt Werner | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Everybody's Autobiography, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein Oakland, Oakland California, Oakland In Popular Memory, The Making Of Americans, Oakland

"There" statue at the Oakland/Berkeley border. Photo by Joe Sciarrillo.

Ever since Gertrude Stein wrote of Oakland, "there is no there there," people have used this quote to condemn the city. But taking a closer look at the quote and the context...

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The Perks of Being a Country Mouse

Courtney Garcia | Posted June 2, 2012

Read More: Los Angeles, Becoming-Fearless, City Mouse, Comedy, Country Mouse, Denver, Entertainment

The question has finally reached a tipping point in my mind: Do I want to have money and enjoy my life or do I want to pretend like being broke is getting me somewhere?

While it's not good to compare your life to other people, I do. In fact, that's...

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Cultivating Respect: Safe Schools for All

Jody Huckaby | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: LGBT Rights, Safe Schools, Anti-Bullying, Bullying, Education, Gay Rights, Lgbt, Pflag, School Bullying

This month kicks off PFLAG’s 40th anniversary year. Forty years ago, a schoolteacher from Queens, NY stood up for her gay son after seeing him harassed and bullied because of his sexual orientation. One mom stood up and now, 40 years later, tens of thousands of people are standing...

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A Malicious Nun?

Helen Young | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Bangor 5, General Cartwright, General James Cartwright, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Ploughshares Fund, Plougshares 8, Sister Anne Montgomery, Global Zero, Nuclear Arsenals

There are many words that come to mind to describe Sister Anne Montgomery, and her work but "malicious" is certainly not one of them. Sister Anne, an 85-year-old Roman Catholic nun from the Society of the Sacred Heart who once taught students in Spanish Harlem and high school dropouts in...

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Top 10 Reasons Why Facebook's IPO Went Badly

Terry Connelly | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Facebook IPO, Golden Gate University, Mark Zuckerberg, Terry Connelly, Executive-Pinstripe-Hoody

10. It came to market too late to begin with! The last private equity round Facebook raised valued the company at about $50 billion. And the current market is taking the public shares back toward that level, which is 50 percent below the initial IPO pricing.

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