By Kimmie HaworthPublished: September, 2006 There is nothing like the rolling thunder of a Taiko drum to get your heart pounding in anticipation of dragon boats, large canoes carved in the form of exotic dragons, competing as they race across the waters of the San Francisco Bay. Dragon boat racing is a sport with celebrations […]
By Paul Duclos Published: October, 2016 When San Francisco had a thriving commercial seaport in the 1950’s, the longshoreman philosopher Eric Hoffer made his literary debut with The True Believer. In this brilliant work, the self-educated dockworker analyzed and attempted to explain the motives of the various types of personalities giving rise to mass movements; […]
Published: March, 2012 I was extremely disappointed to see such blatant use of unnecessarily provocative language in your December follow-up op-ed piece regarding pollution in Bay Area marinas. The impact of an otherwise reasonably presented article on pollution was seriously compromised by the totally unsupported and unsubstantiated claim that "The most egregious offenders are those […]
