By J.D. MorrisDec 26, 2023 The online reviews of the Best Western Red Coach Inn, located on the edge of San Francisco’s beleaguered Tenderloin district, are unsparing. “If your room is near the alley you get to listen to screaming all night and smell the outside toilet,” one reviewer wrote on TripAdvisor… Continue reading
The Justices are human beings. DEAN OBEIDALLAH DEC 26, 2023 (deanobeidallah@substack.com) Share One thing lost in the debate over whether the US Supreme Court will agree with the recent Colorado Supreme Court decision that Donald Trump is barred from ever serving as President again for “engaging in insurrection” is that the Supreme… Continue reading
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a map of “The New Middle East” without Palestine during his September 22, 2023, address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images) The Foreign Ministry said that the Israeli prime minister’s push for what he terms “voluntary migration”… Continue reading
Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi Message to World from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, on December 25, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi Message to World from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, on December 25, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican…. Continue reading
A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government’s Dealings with some of the Indian Tribes Helen Hunt Jackson First published in 1881 and reprinted in numerous editions since, Helen Hunt Jackson’s A Century of Dishonor is a classic account of the U.S. government’s flawed Indian policy and… Continue reading
Rev. Munther Isaac leads a Christmas carol and prayer event in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank on December 14, 2023. (Photo: Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) “Gaza today has become the moral compass of the world,” said Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac. “If you fail to call this… Continue reading
A survivor of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza makes her way through the rubble of the al-Zahra neighborhood on October 19, 2023. (Photo: Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images) “Gaza is one of the most intense civilian punishment campaigns in history,” said a U.S. military historian as Israel’s use of arms including… Continue reading
Palestinian children run as they flee from Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 6, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images) And there is no end in sight for Israel’s murderous rampage and… Continue reading
By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON December 20, 2023 (dcreport.org) Donald Trump. Credit: Gage Skidmore The Colorado Supreme Court Ruling That Trump Is Not Qualified for Office Could Be Much Stronger, Our Co-Founder Argues The Colorado Supreme Court decision Tuesday, barring Donald Trump from the 2024 Republican primary race, ignored the three most… Continue reading
24 DECEMBER 2023/SF NEWS/HOLLY SECON In the aftermath of the Saturday afternoon protest at San Francisco’s downtown shopping district, in which one man climbed the giant Union Square Christmas tree, 3 adults and 1 minor were arrested. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the area around 1:30 p.m. Saturday, as the Chronicle reported, calling… Continue reading
