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"Allan Goldstein lives in San Francisco with his wife, Jordan, and a minimum of two cats. His op-ed newspaper column,"Caught off Base," has appeared in San Francisco's West Portal Monthly for the past decade. Satire, invective and humor are specialties.
He also blogs regularly on opednews.com and on hypocrisy.com under the pseudonym Snark Twain. Other work has appeared in Spitball, The Baseball Literary Review, The Potomac Review, and several magazines including Rock and Gem and Pilot's Preflight. He is currently at work on his third novel."
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The Twilight of the False Gods A flu shot for the current epidemic of bullshit.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013The Twilight of the False Gods A flu shot for the current epidemic of bullshit.
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
This is not a Nostalgia Column Retro is more than a passing fashion. It's a symptom.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012This is not a Nostalgia Column Retro is more than a passing fashion. It's a symptom.
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Thursday, February 13, 2014
How not to make a revolution A leaderless revolution is a failed revolution.
Thursday, February 13, 2014How not to make a revolution A leaderless revolution is a failed revolution.
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
Occupy Wall Street In The Spotlight The true source of the occupy movement's terrible, awesome power. And how to keep it strong.
Thursday, November 3, 2011Occupy Wall Street In The Spotlight The true source of the occupy movement's terrible, awesome power. And how to keep it strong.
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Geert Wilder and the Swat Valley Follies: Tolerance or Cowardice? Tolerance is a virtue. Cowardice isn't. We are using the former as an excuse for the latter. As our gutless reaction to recent events in the Swat Vally of Pakistan and the British parliament sadly proves.
Thursday, February 19, 2009Geert Wilder and the Swat Valley Follies: Tolerance or Cowardice? Tolerance is a virtue. Cowardice isn't. We are using the former as an excuse for the latter. As our gutless reaction to recent events in the Swat Vally of Pakistan and the British parliament sadly proves.
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Friday, July 8, 2011
Playing Pretend in Pakistan Predators, Pakistan, and implausible deniability
Friday, July 8, 2011Playing Pretend in Pakistan Predators, Pakistan, and implausible deniability
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The Government Conspiracy Agency: Annual Report Leaked document tells all! Finally, the truth about all the lies our government has been feeding us!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009The Government Conspiracy Agency: Annual Report Leaked document tells all! Finally, the truth about all the lies our government has been feeding us!
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Saturday, December 5, 2009
It's Not a Surge, it's Chemotherapy What Obama was really saying in West Point. If you can get past your "he's killing babies!" outrage (like Afghanistan and Pakistan under the Taliban will be Candyland for women and children)you might hear what he was saying to you, and the world.
Saturday, December 5, 2009It's Not a Surge, it's Chemotherapy What Obama was really saying in West Point. If you can get past your "he's killing babies!" outrage (like Afghanistan and Pakistan under the Taliban will be Candyland for women and children)you might hear what he was saying to you, and the world.
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Thursday, October 16, 2014
Soda Tax Liberals and Other Political Disasters The San Francisco Soda Tax: A good progressive cause? Or political malpractice?
Thursday, October 16, 2014Soda Tax Liberals and Other Political Disasters The San Francisco Soda Tax: A good progressive cause? Or political malpractice?
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Monday, July 19, 2010
An Open Letter to the Tea Partiers The Tea Partiers are not going away, no matter how fervently we wish they would. Screaming at them does as much good as their screaming at us. I offer this with civility, from one American to another, in the sincere hope that it will help.
Monday, July 19, 2010An Open Letter to the Tea Partiers The Tea Partiers are not going away, no matter how fervently we wish they would. Screaming at them does as much good as their screaming at us. I offer this with civility, from one American to another, in the sincere hope that it will help.
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Which Side Are You On? We have to choose, and the American people have to choose, whether they like it or not.
Thursday, December 23, 2010Which Side Are You On? We have to choose, and the American people have to choose, whether they like it or not.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
The Vigorish is Too High The Masters of Money are destroying our economy. Their cut is too big, there's not enough left for the rest of us. The vigorish is too high.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010The Vigorish is Too High The Masters of Money are destroying our economy. Their cut is too big, there's not enough left for the rest of us. The vigorish is too high.
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Monday, December 16, 2013
The Case for Market Socialism When an economy fails to serve the people it's a failed economy. The markets have driven global capitalism into a ditch. To fix it, we need some new ideas. Here's one.
Monday, December 16, 2013The Case for Market Socialism When an economy fails to serve the people it's a failed economy. The markets have driven global capitalism into a ditch. To fix it, we need some new ideas. Here's one.
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Monday, April 7, 2014
The Ultimate Meaning of All Life Revealed The last newspaper column you will ever read.
Monday, April 7, 2014The Ultimate Meaning of All Life Revealed The last newspaper column you will ever read.
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Monday, January 10, 2011
A New Year's Apology from an Incurable Writer Why do we write? And to whom? Dangerous questions that cry out for answers in these perilous times.
Monday, January 10, 2011A New Year's Apology from an Incurable Writer Why do we write? And to whom? Dangerous questions that cry out for answers in these perilous times.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Welcome to the big leagues, Mitt If you think the GOP is disenchanted with Willard "Mitt" Romney now, wait until Obama gets done with him.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012Welcome to the big leagues, Mitt If you think the GOP is disenchanted with Willard "Mitt" Romney now, wait until Obama gets done with him.
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Saturday, February 14, 2009
Michael Phelps as Jackie Robinson: Obama as FDR: Drugism as Racism. Drug prohibition is destroying the world. It's a man-made catastrophe. History will judge us harshly for it. If we live that long.
Saturday, February 14, 2009Michael Phelps as Jackie Robinson: Obama as FDR: Drugism as Racism. Drug prohibition is destroying the world. It's a man-made catastrophe. History will judge us harshly for it. If we live that long.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
San Francisco: The Beautiful Bubble A love letter to my city, the San Francisco Giants and Giants fans everywhere.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010San Francisco: The Beautiful Bubble A love letter to my city, the San Francisco Giants and Giants fans everywhere.
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Monday, November 14, 2011
Premium Citizenship: A Marketing Plan to Save America. How to soak the rich without passing a tax the rich would never allow us to pass in the first place.
Monday, November 14, 2011Premium Citizenship: A Marketing Plan to Save America. How to soak the rich without passing a tax the rich would never allow us to pass in the first place.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The Canary in the Coal Mine Tells All An old friend warns us about the new economy
Wednesday, April 3, 2013The Canary in the Coal Mine Tells All An old friend warns us about the new economy
