Elton John, Billy Joel concert postponed Nov 12, 2009
Best-selling author Anne Lamott, San Francisco radio personality Sedge Thomson and San Francisco poet laureate Sarah Menefee will appear at Old First Presbyterian Church in San Francisco at 8 p.m. Nov. 21 as part of an event to benefit the homeless. A donor's reception, starting at 7 p.m, will precede the main event, which includes a conversation with Lamott, led by Thomson, and a poetry reading by Menefee. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic? Nov 8, 2009
Stop dawdling on healthcare, forget about Snowe and Lieberman, and become the leader we voted for already By Anne Lamott. The Tea Party crowd descends on the Capitol to fight socialism, healthcare and President Obama By Mike Madden. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
McCain: No, really, we vetted her! Nov 8, 2009
" In this vacuum, movement building has been left to underfunded (but stunningly successful) projects like Firedoglake.com, Democracy for America, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and local organizations. And that's the lesson: True grass-roots movements that deliver concrete legislative results are not steered by marble-columned institutions, wealthy benefactors or celebrity politicians -- and they are rarely ever run from Washington. They are almost always far-flung efforts by those... (Salon)
I Like to Watch Nov 8, 2009
" It's tough to do justice to just how ridiculous this scene becomes when Phil pulls a muscle in his back, falls down the stairs, and ends up being carried like a baby to the couch by the kid he's trying to intimidate. But the real stars of "Modern Family" are Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), Phil's brother-in-law and his partner, who've just adopted a daughter from Vietnam. Like the best actors in a Christopher Guest film, these two are at once absurd enough and... (Salon)
Alito picks up another Democrat Nov 7, 2009
" In 1992, Virginia executed Roger Coleman for murdering his sister-in-law. Coleman had insisted on his innocence until his dying breath, and his sentence drew when he appeared on the cover of Time magazine. In 2006, then-Gov. Mark Warner using more advanced methods. Death penalty opponents hoped that, by conclusively establishing Coleman's innocence, the posthumous tests would erode the legitimacy of capital punishment in the United States. The testing had precisely . It conclusively... (Salon)
Monsanto takes a punch to the gut Nov 7, 2009
" But finally, the future doesn't necessarily have to be a zero sum game, with just one country ruling supreme before another overcomes it: First Britain, than the U.S., and then China. As noted above, China isn't the only country nervous about the dollar. Emerging nations like Brazil and India and Russia are also getting itchy -- and their clout is steadily growing. Michele Bachmann may not like it, but the world is becoming increasingly multipolar. The permanent expansion of the G-7 group of... (Salon)
Unemployment's black October Nov 7, 2009
" The appropriate public policy response is not necessarily to send more Americans to expensive four-year colleges, particularly if that means crippling burdens of personal debt in the form of student loans. We need to expand the vocational training provided by the community college system. None of this means that we don't need world-class scientists and engineers, or that we don't need to rebuild our manufacturing export industries, or that we don't need to hire people to design and build... (Salon)
America is rusting because of free trade Nov 7, 2009
" As a result, according to the report, land grabs have the potential to dispossess farmers on a large scale. In many countries, there may be enough arable land available for everyone, but the quality is not uniform -- and the investors want the best land. That, as it happens, is the land where farmers usually live. Because more than 50 percent of Africans are small farmers, large-scale land acquisition could be disastrous for the population. Those who lose their fields lose everything. The fact... (Salon)
Dogs vs. SUVs vs. the earth, debunked Nov 7, 2009
" This tells us more than we need to know about what it to takes to sell a book in 2009. My advice: If your SUV and dog have similar carbon footprints, ditch the SUV and take your dog for a walk. Share: Page 1 of 75 in Global Warming Global warming in the news Loading... Recommended Reads U.C. Berkeley journalists traveled the world to report on the front lines of climate change. By Sandy Tolan, from Salon Global warming doesn't faze the infamous author, who argues that polar bears are doing... (Salon)
Wiesel slams tea partiers Nov 7, 2009
" Still, says our host, You must quarantine Washington, DC, nothing in or out. He s calling on his supporters in the Twelver protest movement to shut down the government with their opposition -- no infected legislation comes out -- until the rot is gone. It s an almost perfect encapsulation of the way in which the paranoid right attributes blame. There are 535 men and women in Congress, and the membership changes every two years. Yet Beck's list is short. That is probably because while he'll... (Salon)
Fort Hood, written on the body Nov 7, 2009
" Cone also said he was inspired by a woman who helped carry a wounded victim and used her blouse as a tourniquet, then realized she'd been shot in the hip. The suspected gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, is hospitalized on a ventilator. Share: Page 1 of 2 in Fort Hood Shooting Fort Hood Shooting in the news Loading... Currently in Salon The polarizing author and vegetarian discusses his new book, "Eating Animals," and the hefty cost of cheap food By Jessica Roy International trade affects our... (Salon)
Army: Wounded officer ended rampage Nov 7, 2009
" At least six months ago, Hasan came to the attention of law enforcement officials because of Internet postings about suicide bombings and other threats, including posts that equated suicide bombers to soldiers who throw themselves on a grenade to save the lives of their comrades. Investigators had not determined for certain whether Hasan was the author of the posting, and a formal investigation had not been opened before the shooting, said law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of... (Salon)
Tackling "partial birth" abortion Nov 7, 2009
" An incredibly interesting debate that looks at both the pros and cons of abortion from a secularist viewpoint. Currently in Salon The polarizing author and vegetarian discusses his new book, "Eating Animals," and the hefty cost of cheap food By Jessica Roy A revealing documentary on the lives of soldiers at the Army base goes more than skin deep By Mary Williams International trade affects our healthcare, the economy and the environment -- in other words, everything By David Sirota "Donnie... (Salon)
Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. Nov 6, 2009
Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. Follow News & Politics. (Salon)
The creepy suspense inside "The Box" Nov 6, 2009
Stop dawdling on healthcare, forget about Snowe and Lieberman, and become the leader we voted for already By Anne Lamott. Robert Zemeckis' 3-D, motion-capture masterwork is oddly flat. (Salon)
Grief, cancer, Nietzsche and Santa Nov 6, 2009
" You may indeed, in that even after legions of bloody-minded imitations on both sides of the Pacific (most of them execrable), "Audition" still has the power to enter your dreams. Not a fantastically gory film, "Audition" is nonetheless a profoundly disturbing one, as much for its subtle portrait of the subterranean war of the sexes as for its infamous conclusion, when wounded widower Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) finally finds out what the 24-year-old, supernally gorgeous ballerina (model Eihi... (Salon)
Wolfert book signing and interview Oct 9, 2009
Author Anne Lamott, complete with 20-year dreadlocks now slightly bleached, was both hilarious and poignant in her talk: "Everything you like of what I've written started out as a really bad draft. So if your painting or writing are really bad right now, you're doing great!". H H H. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Deciding the fate of America's aged: not for me Aug 18, 2009
Anne Lamott's latest book is "Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith.". This article appeared on page A - 11 of the San Francisco Chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Banishing Writer's Block Jul 9, 2009
Writer Anne Lamott said that a writer needs two things to begin, one of which is a short first assignment. Break down your story into acts and then into scenes. (Suite101.com)
Catching up with ... Ayelet Waldman May 8, 2009
And having gone though periods that were so anxiety provoking, I found there were writers who would say things that I was afraid to say that made me feel so much better, like Anne Lamott in "Operating Instructions.". Q: How hard will it be to talk about your abortion on your book tour. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Marin City looks to better days Mar 16, 2009
Dana Perrigan, Special to The Chronicle. Sunday, March 15, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
