Joe Bulgo: The neglected hero of Pearl Harbor
Joe Bulgo carried l0 sailors to safety on his back from the stricken battleship Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor.This is the incredible story of the neglected hero of Pearl Harbor.His name is Joe Bulgo and he...
View ArticleThunder from West Portal: Quentin Kopp savages the Warriors' Embarcadero Wall...
(Scroll down to read Kopp's column from the Westside Observer) When then State Sen. Quentin Kopp was appointed to the bench in San Mateo County, some of his fellow judges took him out to lunch. “We...
View ArticleNormon Solomon: Terminal
Edward Snowden has provided, in my estimation and that of many others, a valuable journalistic and public service. And he has accomplished what he said he wanted to do: start a public debate on the NSA...
View ArticleExtra! Extra! Calling all Nebraska Cornhuskers!
How to watch the Nebraska vs. Wyoming game at 5 p.m today on 403 cable and at the Final Final bar in SF (Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013). Plus: Some inside Nebraska football. Well, today, first game day at...
View ArticleSue Hestor's 70th birthday party: "We Shall Overcome."
Everyone is singing "We shall overcome." Sue Hestor and Calvin Welch, two pillars of the development battles, are in center left. The photo was taken by Stewart Bloom, the official photographer of the...
View Article"Monologos de la Vagina" An artistic and cultural triumph at the Brava...
Bravo, Bravo: The ladies of the "Monologs de la Vagina" at the Brava Theater. Eliana Lopez is third in from the right.I had just settled into my seat Friday night at the Brava Theater in the Mission...
View ArticleCitizen Agnos comes on strong for Proposition B in support of his Athenian oath
By Bruce B. Brugmann (with the complete text of Art Agnos speech to the May 21 dinner of San Francisco Tomorrow) When Art Agnos was sworn in as mayor in 1988, he used the Athenian Oath that was...
View ArticleFranklin Delano Roosevelt: His 1932 speech to the Commonwealth Club previewed...
By Bruce B. Brugmann (with the full text of FDR's address) Ken Burns' documentary on the Roosevelts, broadcast last week by KQED, was a stunning achievement and the best work Burns has done. It...
View ArticleThe back story of the celebrated Boys' Night Out at John's Grill
U By Bruce B. Brugmann (Scroll down for photo id and to see Ex- Marine Pete McCloskey jump the barricade and storm Martin's Beach) Boys' Night Out, a creation of press agent Lee Houskeeper, was held...
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