Some wag proclaimed: “A democracy is a system where a fellow who didn’t vote can spend the rest of the year kicking about the candidate the other fellows elected.”
Commentary – Quentin Kopp
Commentary – Harry Pariser
Save for those who benefit and are in control, every long-term resident must be taken aback by the transformation of a once friendly, once affordable small city, one filled with quirky characters and small businesses into a cold, metal-and-glass-and concrete theme park for techies and tourists.
Commentary: Barry Hermanson
The November election is not far away. My first vote for president was in 1972. Most elections since then, I voted against rather than for a candidate.
Commentary – Save the UCSF Murals
This time, UCSF means it. In fact, they have issued a request for proposals to remove the Zakheim murals, possibly even before the environmental impact report (EIR) is certified.
Commentary – Quentin Kopp
“An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.” So stated George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) in 1866.
Commentary – The Urgent Need for Humane Health Care
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said in 1966.
Commentary by Jack Anderson: A Very Scary Detective Story
Unseen, lurking in the shadows, she attached herself to the metal handrail. She knew that it would be only a matter of time until some careless fool would lean against the spot where she had been.
Commentary by Kevin Frazier: Universal Internet Access
The internet was supposed to connect us. Instead, it has separated us into ever-smaller tribes.
Commentary – Quentin Kopp
The current fad and demand to remove statues in San Francisco and elsewhere was analyzed by the chancellor of Oxford University on BBC last month in commenting upon a student demand to remove a bronze statue of Cecil Rhodes as a symbol of “institutional racism” and “white slavery.”
Commentary – Veronica Shinzato
As a working single mom to a child with a disability, social distancing is a luxury I cannot afford.
Commentary – Meyer Gorelick
George Floyd’s slow suffocation at the hands of Minneapolis police on May 25 ignited nationwide protests decrying both police brutality and systemic racism.
Commentary – Paul Kozakiewicz
Our merchants provide the products and services we need to live good and fulfilling lives. They are the lifeblood of our community.
Commentary by Kevin Frasier: Gambling is a Bad Bet
The only thing certain about legalizing sports betting in California is that it will create a lot of losers.
Commentary – Quentin Kopp
Quentin Kopp praises Harry S. Truman.
Help Our Local Businesses
Paul Kozakiewicz urges residents to patronize local businesses now that San Francisco has flattened the curve.
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