The Olympic torch is supposed to be making its way through San Francisco today, and there have been a hail of articles about the torch’s, ah, protest-plagued travel route. In the Chronicle, they’ve got all kinds of stuff going on front and center, from “the torch route should be canceled” to “why I’m carrying the …
Daily Archives: 9 April, 2008
Pounding Tanks
The Scrabble battle is getting heated. Human-animal hybrids are about to be challenged in a British court by a Christian watchdog organization. You say sexism, I say misogyny. Nicholas Kristof wonders what the difference is. Burn your garbage, or landfill it? Of two bad choices, which is better? Schools in Texas are filled with toxins, …