Guy Smith | July 21, 2009
Rarely is political payback played out as quickly as it was this past half year.
There is no secret that Barack Obama is the darling of government workers. After all, he was the candidate whose stated mission was to “make government cool again”, which shows both his disposition toward authoritarianism and disconnection from reality. [...]
Guy Smith | July 20, 2009
For a state that prides itself upon cultural sensitivity, California’s junior senator certainly seems unburdened by it.
In less than a month Senator Barbara Boxer has managed to instigate two controversies through ignorance of cultures or crass assumptions of the same. Not content to merely castigate a soldier for his practiced politeness, this week she [...]
Guy Smith | July 19, 2009
A memorial service for an Iranian was held in an Irish pub today … and, no, that is not the opening line to a bad joke.
The San Francisco bay area is filled with walking contradictions as well as unbridled expectations for happiness. Reza Honarkhah was both. Reza fled Iran in 1979 as theocratic [...]
Guy Smith | July 14, 2009
Senator Grassley has dropped the property rights bomb on Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor and she has dodged the issue completely. Sotomayor shows complete comfort with the Kelo revision of the Fifth Amendment and thus lacks respect for the Constitution. Confirmation should be denied on this basis alone.
Guy Smith | July 12, 2009
It took a while for me to realize that San Francisco is an ongoing set of contradictions. Little wonder then that our local scandal sheet is similarly schizophrenic.
Despite my occasionally poking a finger in their editorial eye – an unwise affliction for a writer who pens op/eds – the San Francisco Chronicle is a [...]
