By Alex Randolph, City College Trustee The other day a friend of mine wanted to get dinner at one of those new restaurants popping up all over town. I quickly…
Photos courtesy of Leslie Katz Now that it is Women’s History Month, it seems appropriate to take a look at some of the extraordinary women elected officials in California. At…
A rare thing happened at the State Capitol on February 29. The State Legislature passed a tax with bipartisan support. Such an event is less routine than Leap Day itself,…
At different times and places in human history, leaders have sometimes arisen by encouraging fear and hatred towards various groups. While these tactics have been used against African Americans, immigrants,…
There is much conflicting evidence about the value of brain training–solving crossword puzzles, playing Sudoku and more–in maintaining brain health and reducing memory loss. There is, however, a growing consensus…
Super Bowl Hangover Thank God Super Bowl 50 is over. The weeks-long occupation of our downtown and waterfront left a sour taste in lots of San Franciscans’ mouths. From the daily…
Keeping young and beautiful is a not-so-subtle societal pressure on all of us, and carmakers feel it too. Toyota’s executives felt it in the early 2000s, when the days of…
Teacher Lyndsey Schlax of the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts recently taught the nation’s first on-site high school LGBT course, according to district officials. She will resume…
As we are all aware, the presidential primary season is well underway. Although California is the most populous state in the union, we have minimal influence in selecting the Democratic…
Recent events in the Democratic Primaries bring to light, again, the issues faced by female candidates. There is not enough room in this column to go through the kind of…
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