Briefly, I'm John Zipperer, a writer and editor (in print and the Internet) living in San Francisco, where I'm vice president of media and editorial at the storied Commonwealth Club of California. Listen to free Commonwealth Club podcasts by clicking this button:

I was born in Madison, Wisconsin, in December 1967 (do the math). I was graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I've lived in Green Bay, Madison, Manitowoc, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Washington, D.C.; Indianapolis; Chicago; Ithaca, N.Y., Manhattan, Mountain View, Calif., and San Francisco. Good luck trying to categorize me politically; my views, like my reading list, are rather broad and eclectic. You can e-mail me here.

2nd Issue:Galaxis: The Worlds of Science & Science Fiction

This issue: A complete episode guide to the reimagined Battlestar Galactica; a look at Germany's history of science fiction; Perry Rhodan reboots; the first SF story – ever; Cassini's photos of Saturn; reviews of The Magician King and much more. Get the free digital copy or purchase print-on-demand copy

ALSO AVAILABLE: Galaxis #1 free digital copy • purchase print-on-demand copy

Magma: The Magazine Industry Review

As the title and tagline suggest, it's a magazine devoted to all things magazine. An interview with Starlog's former managing editor, Carr D'Angelo; the changing world of Condé Nast; remembering Bob Guccione; an in-depth examination of what went wrong at Starlog and how it could have been (and still could be) fixed; reviews, columns, and more. If you love magazines, this 56-page free publication is for you. >> more

Political Cartoons

See the latest political cartoons from veteran award-winning cartoonist Lyle Lahey. His cartoons have been appearing exclusively on this website since March 14, 2006. That's more than 600 comics so far. >>more

Also see: "Is Political Cartooning Dead? That'll Make Some (Bad) People Very Happy"

Northside San Francisco

Column & articles: Newsom | Nancy Pelosi | Anti-Social Media | Amateur Politics | Pirate Radio | Prop 8 | Chefs | P.J. O'Rourke | Hillary Clinton | Premal Shah | David Brooks | SF politics | Charles Ferguson | Michio Kaku | SF streets | book review | lies | Murdoch | Google+ | Murdoch || libertarians | homes | Wallander book | crowdsourcing the mayor | Bay Area travels

Zeitschriften: Future Life

In this highlight of one of my favorite magazines, I take a look at the long-gone science/science-fiction magazine Future Life. It was not long for this earth, but for the four years that it lasted, it was a high point of small-company publishing. Recently expanded with lots of new text plus new scans of select page spreads. >> more

Starlog: Quo Vadis?

Read my long blog post on what's wrong and right about Starlog magazine – as a publication, as an online entity, and as a brand.

This is part of my Weimar World Service Blog, which regularly covers magazine news and views (see scrolling feed above). >> more

Update: Read the latest about Starlog's print hiatus. Also follow my frequent blog reports on all things Starlog.

NEW: Check out my Starlog Project on my blog or on this site, where I chronicle each issue of Starlog.

Ground zero on the delta
An on-the-ground report on the slow recovery in New Orleans. >> more

High Tech gains traction in real estate
Apartment Finance Today >> 2005 report and 2006 report

Windows Server System Magazine articles (links may not work any longer)
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