Politics Blog

Prostitution and Mitt Romney

05.30.13 - 11:06 am | Johnny Angel Wendell |

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Four and a half years ago, San Francisco had the chance to make history as well as eliminate a major social problem. Measure K would have eliminated the prosecution of sex workers in the city. Sensible, sane and prudent, this ballot initiative would have finally given some legal recourse to one of the city's biggest underground businesses. Because it is sex-based, however, hysteria ruled the day and the measure was defeated.Read more »

The impending death of American conservatism

05.29.13 - 5:55 pm | Johnny Angel Wendell |

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Gallup released a poll May 24th with some remarkable new data. American liberalism--long thought to be dead and gone and receeding into New Deal memory--is ascendant.

According to Gallup, 30% of Americans consider themselves social liberals, an all time high. And only 41% of Americans consider themselves economically conservative, an all time low.Read more »

Dianne Feinstein and 8 Washington: The letters

05.29.13 - 4:04 pm | Tim Redmond |

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Here's a fascinating little bit of history that relates to the 8 Washington project.Read more »

Because facts mean nothing

05.29.13 - 12:52 pm | Johnny Angel Wendell |

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This hasn't been a good time to be Joe Arpaio, the self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff in America" lately. Federal courts have slapped down his "saturation sweeps" through Latino neighborhoods as unconstitutional. Read more »

Ed Lee's "no social service cuts" budget

05.29.13 - 12:18 pm | Tim Redmond |

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So Mayor Ed Lee is going to spare social services, and apparently at least part of the Department of Public Heath, from any further budget cuts. That's good. Lives will be saved.Read more »

Censored by Facebook and I don't know why

05.29.13 - 11:54 am | Steven T. Jones |

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UPDATED Today I got banned from posting on Facebook and I don’t know why, but it has left me feeling very unsettled about this brave new world we find ourselves in, one where a few large technology corporations have ever more power over our lives and liberties.Read more »

Short cuts

05.29.13 - 10:51 am | Johnny Angel Wendell |

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Lots of stuff in news worth looking at today.Read more »

Guardian event on Plan Bay Area

05.29.13 - 10:31 am | Tim Redmond |

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There's going to be profound change in San Francisco over the next 25 years. If regional planners have their way, we're talking 280,000 more people -- and massive displacement of existing populations. Is that ok? What should we do about it? Is there any alternative, a better way to plan for growth?Read more »

I agree with a three-star General

05.29.13 - 9:55 am | Tim Redmond |

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I don't find myself in agreement with military leaders that often, but Lt. General Karl Eikenberry and historian David M. Kennedy have a fascinating piece in the New York Times that I have to say makes a lot of sense.Read more »