This link is floating around--you answer a few questions, click on something and voila, a list appears of how the candidates for president stack up on your important issues.I took it and found (no surprise) that Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is the best … [Read more...] about Choose your candidate tool
Why Not A Leveraged Bailout?
Today's imminent collapse of the secondary loan market and talk of a bailout reminds me of nothing so much as the early 90s when I cut my teeth on public policy in the midst of the savings and loan bailouts. My former boss Michael Waldman (later a … [Read more...] about Why Not A Leveraged Bailout?
Do cell phones really make our kids safer?
Our seventh grader informed me today that he is the only kid he knows without a cell phone. And while he didn't have the audacity to ask for one, he did make it clear that he feels different.I have no intention of getting our child a cell phone to … [Read more...] about Do cell phones really make our kids safer?
Four Snouts Up for Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
(:)(:)(:)(:) for Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, still on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list. I absolutely loved this book and would recommend it to anyone who'd like a good read--especially if you're even vaguely into travel, food … [Read more...] about Four Snouts Up for Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
I Guess I Can’t Count Hillary Out
I think I need to come clean on something. I have rested my case against supporting Hillary in the primary on the idea that she can't win in the general election. I realize now that I may be wrong.Here's why: Bill Clinton wasn't supposed to be the … [Read more...] about I Guess I Can’t Count Hillary Out
California Democrats Need to Stand up for Government-Financed Health Care Coverage
Inevitably, every credible health care expansion put forward by Democrats will be attacked by insurance-backed Republicans as "socialized medicine." "Socialized medicine" the lore goes, lets government instead of your doctor decide whether you … [Read more...] about California Democrats Need to Stand up for Government-Financed Health Care Coverage
(:)(:)(:) for DiCaprio’s The Eleventh Hour
Three Snouts Up for Leonardo DiCaprio's The Eleventh Hour previewed at the Crest Theater last night.Anyone whose top goal in life is learning more about the environmental destruction that humans have wrought on planet earth should see this film. … [Read more...] about (:)(:)(:) for DiCaprio’s The Eleventh Hour
DiFi Will be Key Player in Gonsalez Replacement
Gonsalez' resignation presents another opportunity for Dianne Feinstein to better serve the people of California. As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Feinstein will be a key vote early on on whether to recommend whomever Bush puts up to … [Read more...] about DiFi Will be Key Player in Gonsalez Replacement
It’s Not Me, It’s You
All of my spiritual training tells me to focus on me. All of it. I'm the only person I can change. I'm the only person whose behavior I can affect. Only me. That's the bad news. Here's the worse news: not only can I only affect me, but everything … [Read more...] about It’s Not Me, It’s You
Why do Californians like DiFi so much?
Today's California papers report on a field poll that shows we have soured on the new Congress. Democrats and decline-to-states are fed up with the failure of Speaker Pelosi and the new majority to even begin to get us out of Iraq. The poll shows … [Read more...] about Why do Californians like DiFi so much?
(:)(:)(:)(:) for Blue Bottle Coffee in Hayes Valley
Four Snouts Up for Blue Bottle Coffee at 315 Linden Street (tucked in a sort of alley between Gough and Octavia off Hayes in Hayes Valley), San Francisco. This little gem is hardly a secret. At 10:30am on a weekday there's a line into the … [Read more...] about (:)(:)(:)(:) for Blue Bottle Coffee in Hayes Valley
The Evils of Having an “Agenda”
Under the heading of "oh, snap," one of the biggest insults one Sacramento insider can dish out to another Sacramento insider is "she has an agenda." I know, because I have one.Apparently, the top goal of many people in public service in California … [Read more...] about The Evils of Having an “Agenda”