Politics and culture

Rich Simon, a writer friend who teaches at a community college here in the East Bay, posted this story on his blog: I had a student yesterday — a Bush supporter, a member of the campus Christian prayer group, a Vietnamese immigrant and a good, smart kid — pretty much have a meltdown. I had … Read more

Miss Liberty?, originally uploaded by dgans. I am inordinately proud of this poster, designed by David Newman from a photo I took last fall in High Point, North Carolina.

“…a decent society is one that does not humiliate its members.”

This seems typical of the right’s behavior in recent years, and it all seems to be getting even crazier and more juvenile as time goes by.

July 6, 2005, originally uploaded by Grand Lake.

June 15, 2005, originally uploaded by Grand Lake. This is the current marquee at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, California. Allen Michaan, owner of the theater, posts his political statements in this most prominent of locations, which is seen by hundreds of thousands of people passing by daily on Interstate 580. I tend to … Read more