From an East Bay reader: I was surprised and upset to read that person Jon Carroll in the Chronicle call Rachael Maddow of MSNBC as “an out lesbian†and “the Hottest Butch of 2009.†I went to high school with Rachael – Castro Valley High, Class of 1990 – and she was as sweet and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Take Another Look Department'
Rachael Maddow, Blond Bimbo
August 15th, 2009 · 4 Comments
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Another Point of View: The Fed’s Great Mistake
September 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment
By David Blake Back in 2002, when his reputation as” The Man Who Saved the World” was at its peak, Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, came to Britain to pick up his knighthood. His biggest fan, Gordon Brown, now the UK prime minister, had ensured that the citation said it was being [...]
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Free Muni, Redux
May 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Mayor Gavin Newsom had the cojones to ask the bureaucrats to see if an All Free Muni could be the answer to the city’s transit problems and Muni’s chronic deficits. The bureaucrats recently came back with the answer: No Can Do. No surprise there – imagination on the traditional part of the city’s bureauracy and [...]
