August 6, 2003

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Letters from Palestine
Six Bay Area residents who spent this summer in the Middle East share their observations on the people, the politics, and the hope for peace.
By Camille T. Taiara

Last week's issue

• news & culture


In this issue

Editorial: Power-plant questions

Editorial: Don't give CA to the GOP

Opinion: More closures, fewer plants
By Steven J. Moss

Golden Gate Park reversal
One week after vetoing parking garage, Planning Commission moves the project forward.
By Savannah Blackwell

Campaign Watch
By Savannah Blackwell

Ambassador Willie?
Mayor Brown, insiders say, has his own hidden agenda for the recall election.
By By Savannah Blackwell and Tim Redmond

Boycott boondoggle
Middle East policy debate divides supporters of Rainbow Grocery.
By Savannah Blackwell

Billy Nessen set free
International pressure – with the Chron playing only a minor role – helps spring war correspondent with Bay Area ties.
By A.C. Thompson

Being There By Karen Solomon

alt.sex.column By Andrea Nemerson

Double Team Psychic Dream By Michelle Tea and Jessica Lanyadoo

Techsploitation By Annalee Newitz

Culture Shocked By Katharine Mieszkowski

Hall monitor

Alerts

food & drink


Dine
Consider the noodle

By Paul Reidinger

Without Reservations
Let's see ...

By Paul Reidinger

Cheap Eats
Brood swings

By Dan Leone

Table Ready
Fruit sweet

By Stephanie Rosenbaum

Bottle Rockets
A rum of one's own

Matt Markovich

Meatless
Millennial

By Miriam Wolf

Take That
Papa don't fish

By Gabriel Roth

The Food Snoop
Fist food

By Masha Gutkin

Well Done
By Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe

DineOnline
Menus, maps, and more
...

The Blender

• a & e


Music: Love me tinder
Mooning over Tindersticks.
By Kimberly Chun

Film: Big and small
They Might Be Giants doc Gigantic makes one consider whether good things come in smaller packages.
By Dennis Harvey

Film: Critic's Choice - 'Buffalo Soldiers'
War games
By David Fear

Film: Critic's Choice - 'Camp'
On with the show tunes.
By Lynn Rapoport

Music: Noise
The Bay Guardian's music scribes take a look at the craft, hype, and insanity of music writing.

Stage: Weapons of war
Shotgun Players brings Mother Courage to a new battlefield.
By Rob Avila

Stage: Critic's Choice - 'SHIFT>>> Physical Theater '
By Rita Felciano

Art: Critic's Choice - 'Thither'
By Lindsey Westbrook

Last Exit By Derk Richardson

The Litterbox By John O'Neill

Liner notes By Lynn Rapoport

Sonic Reducer By Kimberly Chun

Tiger on beat By Patrick Macias

Script Doctor

Grooves

Local Grooves

2nd time around

The Void

Local Live

Full Circle

The Mix


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Life During Wartime
The Bay Guardian's regularly updated section dedicated to war-related news and perspectives from the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world, protest and event information, and web links.

Media Beat
The politics of money: Media coverage magnifies the power of campaign cash
By Norman Solomon

In the Public Interest
Opening up government contracts: The Bush administration is considering putting key federal records on the Web.
By Ralph Nader


Focus on the Corporation

The two faces of George Bush in Africa: He wants to fight AIDS – but only if it doesn't hurt the drug companies.
By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman


Journalists under fire
Digests from the frontlines of the free press around the globe

First amendment alerts

The shame of Hearst
By Bruce B. Brugmann, 11.14.01

Anniversary Issue
The case for MUD: A public power agency could cut electric rates by 20 percent – and still make millions of dollars.

It's funny in Kansas
Joke of the day

Superlist
All the world's a cinema: Outdoor film, celluloid and supper, bar movies, and more.