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Dec. 17 - Dec. 23, 2003 • Vol 38, No. 12

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How much longer do we tolerate mass murder?
In a world where gravity has failed, does the search for belief run through art?
By J.H. Tompkins

• news & culture


In this issue

Editorial: How Gonzalez won

Opinion: Going with the kids
by calvin welch

Campaign Watch
News from the races for governor, mayor, district attorney and other fall ballot contests

Obituary: Father Bill O'Donnell, 1930-2003
By Dennis Bernstein


Death sentence
Did inmate Johnny Dunson get the medical treatment he needed?
By A.C. Thompson

Fight the power
Cow Hollow residents try to stop a Presidio project from tearing up their neighborhood
By Matthew Hirsch

Immigration boondoggle
Special registration continues — and remains loaded with traps
By Camille T. Taiara

Neighborhood Business:

Vaporific
Cannabis club cares about compassion, carcinogens, community.
By Steve Robles

Biztips
Openings, closings, and other life changes on the small-business scene.

Matt's momentum
The Gonzalez campaign could represent a pivotal moment in the fight to take back San Francisco — if the new generation of activists stays active.
By Tim Redmond

Naked injustice
Strippers say club owner greed and lax city oversight are forcing them into prostitution.
By Ann Harrison

Festive frenzy
How to do the last-minute dash.
By Laura Paskell-Brown


Jingle something else
Music gifts for procrastinators.
By Kimberly Chun

The best holiday DVD ever
By Annalee Newitz

Being There
Montreal bricoleur
By Abigail Goldman

alt.sex.column By Andrea Nemerson

Double Team Psychic Dream By Michelle Tea and Jessica Lanyadoo

Flat Earth By Lynn Rapoport

Techsploitation By Annalee Newitz

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Dine
The ten spot

By Paul Reidinger

Without Reservations
Tipping points

By Paul Reidinger

Cheap Eats
And the band drove on

By Dan Leone

Fond of you
Brioche turkeys, duck for three, tamales and rum for all.

By Masha Gutkin

Free turkey
Where to get a square meal on Thanksgiving.

By Laura Paskell-Brown

Table Ready
Fruitcakes and ale

By Stephanie Rosenbaum

Bottle Rockets
Santa's mug shots

Matt Markovich

Meatless
Some like it raw
By Miriam Wolf

Take That
Don't let me down

By Gabriel Roth

The Food Snoop
On the Q.T.

By Masha Gutkin

Well Done
By Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe

DineOnline
Menus, maps, and more
...

The Blender

• a & e


Film: O lord
Return of the King puts the final spin on this Ring cycle.
By Patrick Macias

Film: Critic's Choice - ‘Mona Lisa Smile’
Paint by numbers
By Lynn Rapoport

Music: Good vibrations
All hail Oakland's Hale Zukas.
By George Chen

Stage: Three faces of Edna
Edna O'Brien's vibrant Triptych suggests a portrait of the artist as a Jungian.
By Robert Avila

Art: Critic's Choice - 'Mechanical Gestures'
By Lindsey Westbrook

Sonic Reducer By Kimberly Chun

Tiger on beat By Patrick Macias

Plus One By Vivian Host

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Script Doctor

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2nd time around

The Void

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•extra

 

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
Breakthrough and peril for the Green Party: The Gonzalez campaign in S.F. has national implications. 12.17.03
By Norman Solomon

In the Public Interest
The car-dealer rip-off: Consumers don't know that they're losing the right to challenge sleazy dealers in court. 12.10.03
By Ralph Nader


Focus on the Corporation

Corporations and their proxies defeated in Miami -- but they refuse to give up
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
Handel's 'Messiah': Bay Area performances and sing-alongs.