June 20, 2021 (SFChronicle.com) Last month, a small uproar erupted on Twitter over the discovery that the New York Times once published a puff piece on Adolf Hitler summering in his mountain retreat “in the clouds.” Written shortly before the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939, the piece features casual pop-ins from Hermann Göring,… Continue reading
(Kevin N. Hume/The Examiner) ‘If there’s any place we can do it, it’s San Francisco’ Fernay McPherson celebrated Juneteenth every summer. As a young girl growing up in San Francisco’s Fillmore District, she didn’t yet understand what it represented, but she knew it was the one day each year she… Continue reading
Singer Macy Gray Has Marked The Occasion Of ‘Juneteenth’ (The New Federal Holiday) By Demanding That The American Flag Is ‘Cancelled’ And Replaced With A New Design heavily focused on race. Gray bashed the Stars and Stripes in an op-ed published by Marketwatch, saying: “Like the Confederate [flag], it is tattered,… Continue reading
For 97 per cent of human history, all people had about the same power and access to goods. How did inequality ratchet up? Dani people preparing for a pig feast. Baliem Valley, West Papua, Indonesia, 1996. Photo by Susan Meiselas/Magnum Kim Sterelny is professor of philosophy at the Australian National University. His… Continue reading
Posted on June 16, 2021 by SF Forest Alliance (sfforest.org) This article discusses two approaches to native plant restoration. One creates jobs and provides healthy outdoor opportunities. The other poisons plants with synthetic chemicals. Neither actually works to restore native plants.Reprinted from Conservation Sense and Nonsense with permission and minor changes. ******** LOOKING FOR GODOT:FINDING… Continue reading
The inaccurate reporting and social media just continues, as most of the major local media stands by or goes along. By TIM REDMOND JUNE 17, 2021 (48hills.org) The Washington Post has finally done what San Francisco news media, by and large, have failed to do: Explain that much of the… Continue reading
JUN 18, 2021 JULIA ROCK, ANDREW PEREZ (dailyposter.com) The U.S. Chamber presented bipartisanship awards to Republicans who voted to overturn the election and Democrats who blocked a $15 minimum wage. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s premier business lobbying group, brought lawmakers together on Thursday to give them awards for leading… Continue reading
Larry Williams Buried by ABC at the time, the segment has resurfaced over four decades later, revealing a unique glimpse into Baldwin’s private life—as well as his resounding criticism about white fragility, as blisteringly relevant today as it was in 1979. Conducted by the late Sylvia Chase, the interview took place… Continue reading
Thomas Frank The potential consequences of the origins of the virus are shattering – if they can be proved Tue 1 Jun 2021 (theguardian.com) There was a time when the Covid pandemic seemed to confirm so many of our assumptions. It cast down the people we regarded as villains. It… Continue reading
