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Feb. 18 - Feb. 24, 2004• Vol 38, No. 21

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Endorsements
Kucinich for president. Khanna for Congress. No on 57. No, No, No on J. Our complete recommendations for the March 2 primary

• news & culture

 

In this issue

Demolition stopped
Daly ordinance would save Trinity Plaza and homes like it
By Matthew Hirsch

Ethics reform pushed
Decision to destroy revelatory document triggers hearings and calls for new leadership
By Steven T. Jones

To have and to hold
Newsom hatches a plan for queer marriage and puts San Francisco in its rightful place at the forefront of the fight
By Tali Woodward

How to blow a million bucks
During a dire fiscal crisis, Muni threw away state funding for cleaner buses
By A.C. Thompson

Neighborhood Business:

The latest buzz
Art takes over at Mama Buzz Café.
By Adam Martin

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

To Hayward with love
Surreal S.J.
by anna mantzaris

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

Hall monitor

Alerts

food & drink


Dine
Unfancy feast

By Paul Reidinger

Without Reservations
Loam sweet loam

By Paul Reidinger

Cheap Eats
Get bento

By Dan Leone

Table Ready
Black cherry

By Stephanie Rosenbaum

Bottle Rockets
Agog over glogg

Matt Markovich

Meatless
Mad about you
By Miriam Wolf

Take That
The razor's edge

By Gabriel Roth

The Food Snoop
The tongue, by a nose

By Masha Gutkin

Well Done
By Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe

DineOnline
Menus, maps, and more
...

The Blender

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Film: Carry the weight
David Mamet talks about Hollywood Jews, the Torah, Italian actors, and getting comfortable with power.
By Josh Kun

Film: Magic Mountaineering
A guerrilla filmmaker takes a bite out of Hollywood's amusements in Reflections of Evil.
By Cheryl Eddy

Film: What's in a name?
Siddiq Barmak's Osama describes a world turned upside down.
By Robert Avila

Film: Critic's Choice -‘Kitchen Stories’
Domestic bliss?
By David Fear

Art: Dead zones
Thawing the frozen moments.
By Glen Helfand

Music: Critic's Choice - San Francisco Tape Music Festival
By M.P. Klier

Stage: Critic's Choice - Zaccho Dance Theatre
By Rita Felciano

Sonic Reducer By Kimberly Chun

Tiger on beat By Patrick Macias

Plus One By Vivian Host

Wandering eye By Glen Helfand

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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 deadly lies of reliable sources: The news media didn't examine the truth of Bush administration claims. 02.11.04
By Norman Solomon

In the Public Interest
Keeping it clean: Why we need a National Cleaners Day.02.18.04
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.