The new March 06 Harper’s arrived the other day and this is one of the really good issues that come along every few months. I enjoy Harper’s more than most other magazines for the good writing, the humor and resilient humanness, and the topics they dedicate serious resources to. In this issue they take up […]
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The cold winter air returned today, and along with it, crystal clear views. I bicycled up to Mt. Davidson and hiked up to the summit for this big view. History is packed into every view in San Francisco and this hilltop is no exception. Here I am followed by three shots of the view from […] Went to see the just-released film “Why We Fight” yesterday. It’s a very well-made, sound bite-style documentary. It begins auspiciously, with Eisenhower’s 1961 farewell speech in which he warns against allowing the military-industrial complex (M-I-C) to gain unchecked power. Then Gore Vidal appears to announce that we live in the United States of Amnesia. So […] |
 NOW AVAILABLE! Buy one here (Spuyten Duyvil, October 2023)  NOW AVAILABLE! Buy one here (Pluto Press, Spring 2020)  Shift Happens! Critical Mass at 20 (2012)  Ten Years That Shook the City: San Francisco 1968-78 (2011)  Nowtopia (2008)  After the Deluge (2004)  The Political Edge (2004)  Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration (2002)  Reclaiming San Francisco: History Culture Politics (1998)  Bad Attitude: The Processed World Anthology (1990)  Vanished Waters: A History of San Francisco's Mission Bay (2nd edition: 2011) All books available at chriscarlsson.com/stuff. |
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