No, not the Wall Street bailout. Not the Big Three bailout. Not the anemic groups of holiday shoppers I saw in downtown SF today, spelling doom for stores that depend on Christmas to bail them out of their financial woes. This is personal. But first, some background. When I wrote about our kitchen remodel, I …
Congress should invest $35 billion in public transportation infrastructure (i.e., high speed rail) rather than hand it to the Big Three automakers. Big Oil should invest their record profits in the auto industry, which has contributed to Big Oil’s success by producing gas-guzzling SUVs.
This is not going to turn into a Top Chef review site. But last night’s premiere episode warranted some thoughts for today. The first episode was brutal with TWO eliminations. That poor woman who was booted in the first 15 minutes will now have to face being in the opening credits for the entire season. …
Forget about the next White House pup. Who is going to be the next White House executive chef? This is more exciting than Top Chef or The Next Iron Chef! A few names in the hat…Rick Bayless (a Chicago chef known for his Southwest cuisine, a favorite of the First Family-elect). Other names, listed in …
I have voted in every election since I turned 18. Each presidential election season seems to get increasingly desperate, the stakes higher, the emotions stronger. At 18, I was told my politics would mellow, become more conservative. Once I bought property, once I started my own business, I would see and understand what conservatives were …
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Remember, it was not until August 26, 1920 that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote. That is only 88 years ago. How many of your grandmothers were alive then? The pioneering women who picketed the White House were jailed just for asking for this basic democratic right. These women …