Memorial Day: Remembering the good old days in Rock Rapids, Iowa, circa 1940s...
Bruce B. Brugmann(Reprinted and updated by popular demand)When I was growing up in my hometown of Rock Rapids, Iowa, a farming community of 2,800 in the northwest corner of the state, Memorial Day was...
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The anti-sunshine gang intensifies its attacks on the Sunshine Ordinance Task...
Sup. Scott Wiener leads the charge against sunshine in City HallBy Bruce B. Brugmann (with special sunshine vendetta chronology by Richard Knee) The Guardian story in the current issue demonstrates...
View ArticleCitizen Agnos comes on strong for Proposition B in support of his Athenian oath
By Bruce B. Brugmann (with the complete text of Art Agnos speech to the May 21 dinner of San Francisco Tomorrow) When Art Agnos was sworn in as mayor in 1988, he used the Athenian Oath that was...
View ArticleNorman Solomon: Obama escalates his war on journalism
By Norman Solomon (Norman Solomon is executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy and co-founder of RootsAction.org. His books include “War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep...
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Extra! Extra! Sunshine advocates beat the Anti-Sunshine Gang in City Hall
Sup. David Campos led the successful charge for sunshine and against the Anti-Sunshine Gang in City Hall By Bruce B. BrugmannAnd so the Anti-Sunshine Gang in City Hall, which for two years has been...
View ArticleThe Fourth of July: Remembering the good old days in Rock Rapids, Iowa
By Bruce B. Brugmann(Note: In July of 1972, when the Bay Guardian was short a Fourth of July story, I sat down and cranked out this one for the front page on my trusty Royal Typewriter. I now reprint...
View ArticleSOS: A bill to protect oil refineries also threatens public access rights
Gov. Brown. Veto SB 1300This bill would establish a stealth template for how to gut the California Public Records Act one economic and political sector at a time. By Bruce B. Brugmann (with a First...
View ArticleFranklin Delano Roosevelt: His 1932 speech to the Commonwealth Club previewed...
By Bruce B. Brugmann Ken Burns' documentary on the Roosevelts, broadcast last week by KQED, was a stunning achievement and the best work Burns has done. It previewed key elements of the New Deal and...
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The back story of the celebrated Boys' Night Out at John's Grill
U By Bruce B. Brugmann (Scroll down for photo id and to see Ex- Marine Pete McCloskey jump the barricade and storm Martin's Beach) Boys' Night Out, a creation of press agent Lee Houskeeper, was held...
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Ralph Nader writes a letter to Rep. John Boehner
September 22, 2014Dear Speaker Boehner,While millions of hardworking Americans are working more and more for less and less, you and your House of Representatives seem to have no problem working less...
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