Tag Archives: Sarah Palin

Video: Sarah Palin in Praise of Herb Caen?

September 29, 2011, 11:13 am • Posted by Jon Brooks
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Huh. Maybe Sarah Palin does read the papers after all. In the video below, is she unconsciously yearning for a candidate in the mold of the late whimsical Chronicle columnist Herb Caen, whose ellipses-laden prose won him a Pulitzer and … Continue reading »

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Best of the Weeklies: Palin's San Jose Visit, Mark Twain Autobiography, Operation Streamline

October 21, 2010, 1:10 pm • Posted by Jon Brooks
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What the alternatives are running this week: Grinding Justice (SF Weekly) – "Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesn't Work" Mark Twain's Last Stunt (East Bay Express) – "Suppressed for one hundred years, Autobiography … Continue reading »

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California Palin: Wait, there's more!

October 15, 2010, 10:15 am • Posted by Jon Brooks
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Yesterday Sarah Palin spoke in San jose. Today, she appears, even as I blog, in the Perspectives' speakers series at the Sacramento Convention Center, along with–get this–Howard Dean. Still waiting for some Twitter action on this one. And by the … Continue reading »

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Palinpalooza Comes to San Jose

October 15, 2010, 8:11 am • Posted by Jon Brooks
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The national fixation known as Sarah Palin landed at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts yesterday (insert ironic comment about venue here). Both the Mercury News and the Chronicle have reports. While my better self tells me to … Continue reading »

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