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March 10 - March 16, 2004• Vol 38, No. 24

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Secrecy busters
Voters this fall could put sunshine in the California Constitution, giving journalists and the public a new way to hold government accountable.
By Steven T. Jones

The Brown paper mystery
Riffling through the records of our last mayor reveals more questions than answers.
By Matthew Hirsch

FOI winners
Presenting the winners of the 19th annual James Madison Freedom of Information Awards

FOI resources
A citizens guide to fighting secret government

New rays of sunshine?
Task force considering makeover for S.F.'s landmark open-government law

• news & culture

 

In this issue

Editorial: California sunshine

Opinion: Make the library listen
by sue cauthen

SLUGs and suckers
The city is dumping millions of dollars into a troubled nonprofit. What are taxpayers getting in return?
By A.C. Thompson

Welfare wedlock
Bush says marriage is no good for gays and lesbians, but encourages it for the poor
By Rachel Brahinsky

Kicking Khanna
Last-minute SF Weekly hit piece raises ethical questions
By Camille T. Taiara

Neighborhood Business:

Post-boom start-up
Mosuki proves software can be a small business.
By Annalee Newitz

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

Being There
Viewing Münster
by diane goldberg


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
Last exit to Naples

By Paul Reidinger

Without Reservations
Queer oyster cult

By Paul Reidinger

Cheap Eats
Americastan

By Dan Leone

Table Ready
Black cherry

By Stephanie Rosenbaum

Bottle Rockets
Why rye?

Matt Markovich

Meatless
Mad about you
By Miriam Wolf

Take That
By Giorgio

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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Art: Kiss and tell
Pipilotti Rist's vivid imagination turns SFMOMA inside out.
By Glen Helfand

Art: Critic's Choice - 'Killer Shots: A Photographic Response to War' and 'Moving Targets: The Art of Resistance'
By Glen Helfand

Film: Commie chameleon
Good Bye, Lenin! builds dramedy from the fall of the Berlin Wall.
By Dennis Harvey

Film: Recovered memories
History gets a revisit at South Asian documentary festival.
By Camille T. Taiara

Film: Critic's Choice - ‘Greendale’
Our town
By Dennis Harvey

Stage: Sacred and profane
A pair of plays examine going home, racism, and the ties that bind.
By Robert Avila

Stage: Critic's Choice -‘Retrospective Performance Festival Extravaganza’
By Rita Felciano

Dance: Pieces of peace
Ohad Naharin and Batsheva Dance Company blur borders.
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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The Void

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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.