Bipawtisan race for Top Dog in Congress
As Politico reported, the hottest race in Washington now is to be Top Dog. Really. Fireside 21 has strict rules to determine the top congressional pooch: “In order to nominate a dog-testant, a valid...
View ArticleSame-sex weddings come to California prisons
Assemblymember Tom Ammiano sent out a press release with the announcement that in response to his query, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation “has issued a memo spelling out...
View ArticleBART unions and the Tea Party
At the Commonwealth Club last night, I asked the audience which side the audience would support in a BART strike. The answer was management by about nine to one. There was little love for the BART...
View ArticleMozilla CEO lands under the bus
My Thursday column was about the ugly move to push Mozilla’s new CEO Brendan Eich to resign because he contributed $1,000 to the Prop. 8 campaign in 2008. Thursday, Mozilla announced that Eich is...
View ArticleA Fox News challenge
For years I’ve received e-mails from readers who use Fox News as a verb, or even a whole paragraph. If I quote from a Fox News interview — and usually I do so because the interview made news – they are...
View ArticleLife with dignity: Hospice
My Tuesday column is about Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old with terminal glioblastoma who moved from the East Bay to Oregon where assisted suicide is legal. While working on the column, I talked to Dr....
View ArticleNot a fan of Islam
Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations sent me an email Thursday morning. He had questions about my column on UC Berkeley students’ invitation to Bill Maher to speak at...
View ArticleMaggie Karner has brain cancer and will not follow Brittany Maynard
Like Brittany Maynard, Maggie Karner has glioblastoma. Unlike Maynard, she has decided to live with the disease and try to squeeze as much quality and life as she can in her remaining time. She told...
View ArticleSan Francisco’s sweet real estate deal
OK, I don’t really think that many people want to move into this homeless encampment near these swank six-figure Berry Street condos just because it’s free — with free electricity and water too. (The...
View ArticleBuy a grocery bag, go to Hell
My Sunday column on Proposition 67, which would continue Sacramento’s silly war on single-use plastic bags, apparently angered a number of virtuous, wonderful, caring people. Here are some snippets...
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