As Anuradha Biswa Karma waits for her grade-four textbooks in an obscure part of the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal, little does she know that there is someone working in Berkeley to send her the money to buy them. -more-
Single-payer universal health care advocates in California begin their second try in two years to make their cause state law when the state Senate Health Committee holds a hearing in Sacramento this Wednesday afternoon on state Sen. Shirley Kuehl’s (D-Santa Monica) SB 840. -more-
UC Berkeley faculty will cast their ballots Thursday on competing resolutions triggered by the largest corporate grant in the history of the American university. -more-
To Alan P. Rudy, the furor surrounding the developing half-billion-dollar research pact between BP and UC Berkeley is deja vu writ large. -more-
Assemblymember Loni Hancock sponsored her second major public gathering in her assembly district in two months, holding a town hall meeting on global warming at Berkeley City College that attracted several hundred participants and presentations from several local and state agencies. -more-
The Downtown Area Plan Advisory Committee (DAPAC) will make a second try Wednesday at revising a report on city policies regarding UC Berkeley’s plans for the city center. -more-
Helios in Greek myth was the sun god who drove a chariot daily from east to west across the sky and sailed across the ocean each night in a huge cup. -more-
The Berkeley Zoning Adjustments Board (ZAB) set the appeal of an application for an administrative use permit for 933 Keeler Ave. for public hearing at the board meeting Thursday. -more-
Somebody should ask Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (or whoever takes his job) about Petrona Tomas. -more-
How strong is your commitment to the environment? Is it strong enough to make you alter your lifestyle, switch from favored products or seek out and support environmentally conscious businesses? -more-
In 1943 Robert Oppenheimer left the University of California at Berkeley to become director of the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, where the first atom bomb was built. He maintained a connection with the university for several more years but never really returned. Instead, he became director of Princeton’s Center for Advanced Study and a consultant to the government on issues raised by atomic weapons. After his political “disgrace” for supposed disloyalty in 1954, he devoted himself to writing, producing essays and books, notably Science and the Common Understanding. President Kennedy cleared his name and “rehabilitated” him in 1963. -more-
In thinking about what I ought to tell you regarding these dark days various clichés come to mind: I see no light at the end of the tunnel. The American dream is a nightmare. The American experiment failed. Pride precedeth the fall. -more-
In 1944 Roosevelt’s call to plant a Victory Garden was answered by 20 million Americans. Amazingly,these gardens in a short time produced 40 percent of all vegetables consumed in this country. (The rest was grown mostly by local farms) Gardens grew in backyards, in empty lots, and on rooftops or public gardens in cities. Even some portion of Golden Gate park was alloted to community gardens.) -more-
We say that global warming is the result of the burning of fossil fuels, but it might also be said that global warming has happened because the human species has not recognized that all systems on the earth are mutually related, alive and sacred. -more-
Ah yes, parking. Glad you asked. Today we’re exercising a little-used editorial prerogative, reading an opinion submission before it’s published and responding in the same paper. -more-
The latest Gallup Poll indicates that Americans continue to be deeply divided about Iraq. What’s been ignored in this bitter debate is the issue of political stability: How long should the United States stay in Iraq if the elected government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki fails to meet its commitments? Most Americans believe that while the United States should bolster Iraqi security, the government of Iraq must function on its own. The commander of U.S. Forces General David Petraeus acknowledges this: “A military solution to Iraq is not possible;” there has to be a political solution. The key to the future of Iraq is the Bush administration’s willingness to hold the Iraqi government accountable. -more-
March 20, 2007 -more-
I know: another corvid column. But bear with me. Every now and then I trawl the technical literature at the UC library, and this time I found a jay-and-crow story in the Wilson Journal of Ornithology that’s too good to keep. -more-
Editorial: Do We Need More Parking, or Just Smarter Parking? 04-17-2007
Editorial: Finding the Courage to Negotiate 04-13-2007
Letters to the Editor 04-17-2007
Commentary: Parking: If You Don’t Build it, Will They Come? By Laurie Capitelli 04-17-2007
Commentary: Letter to My Children’s Children’s Children On the End of Republican Government By Marvin Chachere 04-17-2007
Commentary: Planting a Peace Garden By Barbara Wentzel 04-17-2007
Commentary: The Political as the Personal By Carolyn North 04-17-2007
Letters to the Editor 04-13-2007
Commentary: K Street Hinders The Sustainability Movement By Jules Macaluso 04-13-2007
Commentary: What Has Really Been Happening at KPFA By Brian Edwards-Tiekert 04-13-2007
Commentary: On the UC–City Settlement Law Suit By Antonio Rossman 04-13-2007
Commentary: Sustainable and Green Berkeley By Krishna P. Bhattacharjee 04-13-2007
Commentary: The Green Tax Shift By Fred E. Foldvary 04-13-2007
Local Businesses Raise Money for Students By Riya Bhattacharjee 04-17-2007
State Senate to Hear Single-Payer Health Care Bill Wednesday By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor 04-17-2007
Faculty Senate Nears Showdown Over UC-BP Pact By Richard Brenneman 04-17-2007
Deal Looks Familiar to Novartis Grant Reviewer By Richard Brenneman 04-17-2007
Hancock Sponsors Global Warming Forum By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor 04-17-2007
Downtown Committee Looks At UC Sites, Green Planning By Richard Brenneman 04-17-2007
KyotoUSA Backs Solar Project at Washington School By Riya Bhattacharjee 04-17-2007
Two-Story Additions Dominate Zoning Agenda By Riya Bhattacharjee 04-17-2007
Ask Alberto Gonzales: What About Petrona Tomas? By Hilary Abramson, New America Media 04-17-2007
Berkeley Businesses Blaze a Green Trail By Marta Yamamoto, Special to the Planet 04-17-2007
Oppenheimer: The Road to Alamos By Phil McArdle, Special to the Planet 04-17-2007
Ben Cohen Launches Topsy-Turvy Bus to Protest Tax Priorities By Riya Bhattacharjee 04-13-2007
Court Rules Wal-Mart Must Make Records Public By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor 04-13-2007
BUSD Rules Don’t Violate Prop. 209 By Riya Bhattacharjee 04-13-2007
Commission Deems Public Commons Initiative Too Vague for Comment By Judith Scherr 04-13-2007
Court Upholds UC’s Long-Range Development Pact By Richard Brenneman 04-13-2007
School Board Postpones Solar Project Approval, Reviews API Scores By Riya Bhattacharjee 04-13-2007
Oak Grove Raided—Again By Riya Bhattacharjee 04-13-2007
School Employees Call for Cost of Living Increase By Judith Scherr 04-13-2007
Landmarks Commission to Hold Special Meeting Monday By Richard Brenneman 04-13-2007
Mayor Rejects Charges of Racism in Emeryville Government By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor 04-13-2007
UC-BP Debate Reveals ‘Two Cultures’ Schism By Richard Brenneman 04-13-2007
Artist, Activist Joy Holland By Judith Scherr 04-13-2007
Woodfin Workers 04-13-2007
Remembering John Denton By Clifford Fred 04-13-2007
Down the Garden Path, Part II By Shirley Barker, Special to the Planet 04-13-2007
Korean Cab Driver Self-Immolates to Protest Free Trade Agreement By Christine Ahn, New America Media 04-13-2007
Column: The Public Eye: Looking for Accountability in Iraq By Bob Burnett 04-17-2007
Column: Challenging the Ordinary With Notaries, Declarations, Certificates, Affidavits By Susan Parker 04-17-2007
Wild Neighbors: En Garde! Jays Discover the Pointed Stick By Joe Eaton 04-17-2007
Column: Undercurrents: Presumption of Guilt in the Sideshow Confiscation Law By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor 04-13-2007
East Bay Then and Now: Villa della Rocca, a Thousand Oaks Neighborhood Citadel By Daniella Thompson 04-13-2007
Garden Variety: On the Road with Roses By Ron Sullivan 04-13-2007
About the House: More on the Modern House from 1942 By Matt Cantor 04-13-2007
Quake Tip of the Week By Larry Guillot 04-13-2007
Arts Calendar 04-17-2007
Arts and Entertainment Around the East Bay 04-17-2007
The Theater: Actors Ensemble Presents ‘Lysistrata’ By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet 04-17-2007
Chinese-Cuban Revolutionaries Still Lead Cuba By Barbara Greenway, New America Media 04-17-2007
Wild Neighbors: En Garde! Jays Discover the Pointed Stick By Joe Eaton 04-17-2007
Berkeley This Week 04-17-2007
Arts Calendar 04-13-2007
Arts and Entertainment Around the East Bay 04-13-2007
Moving Pictures: Existential Despair in Antonioni’s ‘The Passenger’ By Justin DeFreitas 04-13-2007
The Theater: ‘Manzi: The Adventures Of Young Cesar Chavez’ By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet 04-13-2007
The Theater: Berkeley Rep Stages ‘Blue Door’ By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet 04-13-2007
Moving Pictures: ‘Black Book’ Beyond Repair By Justin DeFreitas 04-13-2007
East Bay Then and Now: Villa della Rocca, a Thousand Oaks Neighborhood Citadel By Daniella Thompson 04-13-2007
Garden Variety: On the Road with Roses By Ron Sullivan 04-13-2007
About the House: More on the Modern House from 1942 By Matt Cantor 04-13-2007
Quake Tip of the Week By Larry Guillot 04-13-2007
Berkeley This Week 04-13-2007
Correction 04-13-2007
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