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Goodbye to all that

As we look back on Nancy Pelosi’s 1 of 1 career, we should also look forward to what we actually need next

November 6, 2025

A table divided

Charting the distance between Sam Altman and Steve Kerr at the Sydney Goldstein Theater

November 4, 2025

What did Sam Altman and Steve Kerr say at the Sydney Goldstein Theater?

Even a super intelligent bot can learn something when an AI executive and an NBA coach discuss leadership, innovation, & San Francisco

November 3, 2025

My friend Mark

A former Condor Club bartender remembers the kindness of manager Mark Calcagni

October 30, 2025

The Marc inside

What I learned about friendship from WTF host Marc Maron

October 7, 2025

Liberals are already forgetting Charlie Kirk

As they rush to denounce political violence, eulogists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein are erasing the provocateur's extremist legacy

September 11, 2025

Chattered glass

AI is making it easier for fake writers to peddle fake stories to high volume, traffic-chasing websites

September 9, 2025

The theory of everything bagels

As local critics subject the world’s most perfect grab-and-go breakfast to blind taste tests, we’re losing the whole point

September 2, 2025

Built for violence

ICE is running amok, attacking individuals with no clear cause or process. Consider it terrorism by design

August 22, 2025

Welcome to California — now leave

‘The New York Post’ is extending its reign of error to the West Coast

August 7, 2025