Opinion

Editorials

Time for a Toady to Go

By Becky O’Malley
Wednesday March 04, 2009 - 06:56:00 PM

It’s the classic old school East Bay greeting: “How ‘bout them A’s?!” Heard at the Oakland Symphony concert on Friday night, a not-so-surprising new variant: “How ‘bout that budget?!” And I knew exactly what he meant: not the disgraceful California model, but the Obama presentation that was all over the front page of the New York Times on Friday. It was a revelation to those of us who have suffered for the last 25 years through the politics of low expectations. -more-


Cartoons

Skirt Rally: Protest or Encouragement?

By Justin DeFreitas
Wednesday March 04, 2009 - 07:05:00 PM

No Child Left Behind, Final Grade

By Justin DeFreitas
Wednesday March 04, 2009 - 07:08:00 PM

Public Comment

Letters to the Editor

Wednesday March 04, 2009 - 06:56:00 PM

TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT -more-


Where Will All the Flowers Go?

By Conn Hallinan
Wednesday March 04, 2009 - 06:56:00 PM

Ashby Flowers, the tiny store on the southwest corner of Telegraph and Ashby, is one of those places that (you can supply the cliché) “saves your bacon,” “covers your butt,” “salvages a bad moment,” when you suddenly realize that you forgot (take your choice): Valentines’ Day, Mother’s Day, spouse’s birthday, anniversaries, or whatever special moment you need to commerorate with plant life. -more-


Of Mice and Newsmen

By Brian Frederick
Wednesday March 04, 2009 - 06:57:00 PM

The salt marsh harvest mouse is an endangered rodent that lives in the marshes around the San Francisco Bay. Because of development around the Bay Area, the tiny mouse’s existence as a species is now threatened. -more-


Take Back Public Education for Society, Not for Economy

By Sebastian Groot
Wednesday March 04, 2009 - 06:57:00 PM

What is activism at UC Berkeley today? What limits it? What promotes it? What mechanisms challenge and shape the way we interact with problems in our world? Is sending an e-mail letter to a politician a form of activism or pressing support for a social cause on Facebook or attending an hour-long rally? -more-


The Daily Planet: An Appreciation and an Appeal for Support

By Richard Fabry
Wednesday March 04, 2009 - 06:57:00 PM

I’ve been especially monitoring the letters and commentaries since the O’Malleys have made public their need for financial support from the community for their newspaper. -more-


Is Obama Going ‘All the Way with LBJ’?

By James K. Sayre
Wednesday March 04, 2009 - 06:58:00 PM

Is President Obama trying to copy the failed notions of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, with his policies of “guns and butter,” as he pursued social progress on the domestic front and imperialism abroad (wars on Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos). By the time President Johnson was driven from office in the presidential primary elections in early 1968, his record and his legacy were left in shambles. -more-