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News from SF - The Quarterly Report - May 2024

10 May 2024

BY Paul Lyons

SF Quarterly Report

A Banquet of Consequences - Quote of the Week

25 April 2024

BY Paul Lyons

Quote of the Week

Washington's Dream - SNL - Weights and Measures - Excellent Slow News

05 April 2024

BY Paul Lyons

Louis Menand Quote About Music - The Free World

03 April 2024

BY Paul Lyons

Quote of the Week

San Francisco Photos - March 2024

22 March 2024

BY Paul Lyons

Photos

FEATURED ESSAY:

Chauncey Gardiner, the Messiah Complex and How Jerzy Kosiński Got One Thing Wrong

Reflections on literacy, uncomfortable truths and the brilliance of Jerzy Kosiński.

15 October 2022

BY Paul Lyons

Politics

Cheap Trills in San Francisco

JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park

15 December 2023

BY Paul Lyons

Cheap Thrills in SF

Vesuvio Cafe

07 March 2022

BY Paul Lyons

Cheap Thrills in SF

Aquatic Park Pier - Is Now Closed Due to Safety Concerns

23 March 2021

BY Paul Lyons

Cheap Thrills in SF

Crane Cove Park in San Francisco is Awesome!

06 November 2020

BY Paul Lyons

Cheap Thrills in SF

Riding "The Wiggle" on a Bike in San Francisco

08 October 2020

BY Paul Lyons

Cheap Thrills in SF

Swimming in Aquatic Park Cove

30 July 2020

BY Paul Lyons

Cheap Thrills in SF

McLaren Park - It's Bigger Than You Think

16 June 2020

BY Paul Lyons

Cheap Thrills in SF

Photos of Ocean Beach from the Cliff House

01 December 2019

BY Paul Lyons

Cheap Thrills in SF

San Francisco Carnaval 2019

03 June 2019

BY Paul Lyons

Cheap Thrills in SF

Grand View Park

21 August 2014

BY Paul Lyons

Cheap Thrills in SF

Books & Book Reviews

Mitt Romney - A New Book "Romney A Reckoning" by McKay Coppins - A Review and Quotes

08 January 2024

BY Paul Lyons

Book Reviews

Discovering Blindness "Ensaio sobre a cegueira" by José Saramago

25 September 2023

BY Paul Lyons

In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist - Great Summer Reading

22 May 2023

BY Paul Lyons

Book Reviews

Reflections on Thomas Szasz and The Manufacture of Madness

25 November 2022

BY Paul Lyons

Thomas Merton, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, And The Protection Of All Beings - A Review

18 September 2022

BY Paul Lyons

Book Reviews

Barbara Ehrenreich - Legacies and Book Recommendations

14 September 2022

BY Paul Lyons

The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer - A Review

31 July 2022

BY Paul Lyons

Book Reviews

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - 90 Years Later

16 March 2022

BY Paul Lyons

Book Reviews

Kurt Vonnegut - A Man Without a Country - The Review

24 July 2021

BY Paul Lyons

"Stamped from the Beginning: A Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America" - The Definitive Review

12 February 2021

BY Paul Lyons

Book Reviews

Review of Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class by Scott Timberg

10 April 2020

BY Paul Lyons

Book Reviews

Harry Belafonte - My Song: A Memoir of Art, Race, and Defiance - A Review

02 November 2019

BY Paul Lyons

Book Reviews

Thoughts on the New APA Guidelines for Men

03 February 2019

BY Paul Lyons

"The Knowledge Illusion" - Some Quotes

04 October 2018

BY Paul Lyons

John O. Lyons (3 September 1927 - 7 September 2003) - The Wiki

12 July 2018

BY Paul Lyons

Book Reviews

Where is Janice Raymond?

17 April 2017

BY Paul Lyons

Gloria Steinem Quotes - From My Life on the Road (2015)

27 October 2016

BY Paul Lyons

"Saving Capitalism" - Robert Reich is Looking Up

15 December 2015

BY Paul Lyons

Cuba and its Music - Thoughts on Ned Sublette's Amazing Book about American Music

21 April 2015

BY Paul Lyons

“Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer - Alexander Supertramp - The Real Deal

01 August 2012

BY Paul Lyons

Movie Reviews

Buried - The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche - A Review

03 December 2023

BY Paul Lyons

Discovering Blindness "Ensaio sobre a cegueira" by José Saramago

25 September 2023

BY Paul Lyons

Rediscovering Dick Gregory - The One and Only Dick Gregory (2021) - A Review

28 February 2023

BY Paul Lyons

Movie Reviews

Review: Country Music | A Film by Ken Burns

03 August 2020

BY Paul Lyons

3 Best Music Documentaries on Netflix Streaming - November 2017

07 November 2017

BY Paul Lyons

4 Best Documentaries on Netflix Streaming

24 December 2015

BY Paul Lyons

Harmonica – Toots Thielemans

Toots Thielemans - An Epic Life

02 January 2017

BY Paul Lyons

Toots Thieleman’s Solo on Con Alma East Coast West Coast 1994

17 February 2015

BY Paul Lyons

Essential Toots Thielemans Albums

01 August 2014

BY Paul Lyons

Toots Thielemans Solo on “Don’t Blame Me” - Jazz Harmonica Transcription

05 October 2012

BY Paul Lyons