Oakland Area Politics Examiners
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Who knows what type of national government to expect in the near future from the Democratic Party leadership? Take note to closely observe the...
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After much fanfare and frenzied chatter that an historic global agreement would be forthcoming at Copenhagen, the whole event was a bust....
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Two Argentinian men became Latin America's first same-sex couple to be legally married, traveling to the southernmost tip to find a...
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom showed he still knows how to grab headlines. Like his proposal to post warning...
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In a move that takes some of the sting out of the defeat of a same-sex marriage bill in New York's state senate earlier in the month, on...
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A recent editorial in the Marin IJ has come out against a proposed ban on plastic and paper bags. The tone of the editorial is a bit jaundiced, but on the whole it's a well...
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This is part four of a series of email exchanges between Bart Verheggen and myself, which I am trying to separate into manageable chunks. The debate started on December 22 in this...
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The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors has formally approved the membership of the county’s Charter Review Commission, a panel...
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The holidays are over and New Years Eve is coming up in a few days. Its time to stockpile on beer, champaign, whiskey, cigars, fireworks,...
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In recent years, I've become increasingly hesitant about sitting down to write about the American political and legal scene. The fact is, every time I do so, sucking down a valium...
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Iowa lawmaker predicts Palin run for White House
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An Iowa Republican congressman says he thinks former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2012 and that she's among a few people who could win the state's leadoff caucuses.