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Sep.03.2010

Wisdom, humor, and a dose of reality in North Beach: Are we still a wellspring of hope or is there a spreading stain of despair? Maybe it’s something in between?

Join political satirists, socially savvy novelists, outlaw poets, and cultural historians as their disparate views of the world today might just reveal some common clues for saving it. Hosted by Jody Weiner.

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Jun.23.2011 - 9:45 am
I was duped. I once hired an illegal immigrant to be a reporter for the Chronicle. "I don't think I'm a criminal," Jose Antonio Vargas told me when we met last week,...
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Jun.08.2011 - 11:19 am
petroleumjelliffe Next time you've got mail, you better check it carefully. And not just if you're one of Anthony Weiner's sexting partners. Could someone with access to your...
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Feb.14.2011 - 3:50 pm
Media Bistro They kissed us in Tahrir Square but did they really mean it? Since you can't smooch Facebook or Twitter, which also got a lot of the English-language placard credit...
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Jan.21.2011 - 9:07 pm
The sharpest moment I saw in the TV coverage of the Tucson tragedy over the weekend was Megyn Kelly on Fox News jamming the chief local cop and new national discourse advocate,...
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Comments from Phil

Sep.11.2009 - 1:53 pm
In response to: Obama, not all dropouts grow up to be rap stars...
This discussion is fascinating, though slightly above my grade level. I am a big believer in working with one's hands....