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    Mitch McConnell’s Neighborhood

    Mitch McConnell’s Neighborhood

    By Robert Holgate and Jennifer Kroot– (Editor’s Note: This issue marks the launch of a new column jointly authored by Jennifer Kroot and Robert Holgate. Both are extremely successful in…

    How to Turn Investment Losses into Gains

    How to Turn Investment Losses into Gains

    By Brandon Miller, CFP– Uncle Sam and Santa both have white beards, but no one really confuses the two. So, it may surprise you that the skinnier guy delivers gifts…

    Unpretentious but Still Premium

    Unpretentious but Still Premium

    By Philip Ruth– An unpretentious image is generally seen as desirable, but it’s an elusive one in car marketing. Brands and sub-brands, model names, and corporate identities all aim to…

    A Queer Pandemic Metamorphosis

    A Queer Pandemic Metamorphosis

    By John Lewis– “Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams to find he had been transformed into a gigantic cockroach.” So reads the first sentence of Franz Kafka’s 1915…

    Coming Out Stories: A Rainy Night in Paris

    Coming Out Stories: A Rainy Night in Paris

    By Page Hodel– I can almost remember the exact moment that I realized I might be one of “those” people. I was driving shotgun in the red Morris Minor of…

    Great Interviews, Movies, and Stars

    Great Interviews, Movies, and Stars

    By Jan Wahl– It’s been a fabulous career of not only movies, but also interviewing stars from Cary Grant to Johnny Depp (Grant was dry and funny, Depp deep and…

    Smuin’s The Christmas Ballet Goes Virtual!

    Smuin’s The Christmas Ballet Goes Virtual!

    Queen’s “Thank God It’s Christmas” (“it’s been a long hard year”) will resonate even deeper this year. Now imagine a ballet set to this driving tune. Or to Eartha Kitt’s…

    Today’s ‘Cancel Culture’ and Why Censorship Never Works

    Today’s ‘Cancel Culture’ and Why Censorship Never Works

    By Michele Karlsberg– Michele Karlsberg: This month’s column features Dr Naomi Wolf, who has penned an exclusive piece for the San Francisco Bay Times. Naomi is a liberal, progressive feminist…

    Vice President Elect Kamala Devi Harris Will Always Be a Friend to the LGBTQ+ Community

    Vice President Elect Kamala Devi Harris Will Always Be a Friend to the LGBTQ+ Community

    By Rebecca Prozan– The year was 2003. After working at City Hall, attending law school, co-chairing former Supervisor Bevan Dufty’s first campaign, and taking the bar exam, I went on…

    On a Road Trip to Sonoma with Kamala Harris

    On a Road Trip to Sonoma with Kamala Harris

    By Derek Barnes– I first met Kamala Harris when she was campaigning to become San Francisco’s district attorney at a friend’s fundraiser event for her. After a successful election, one…