Posted Tue, Dec 2, 12:17 p.m.

Speaking from a warm house with a full pantry, we have decided this year to forego holiday gifts and contribute what we would have spent to the local charities that are decimated by the economy. Talk about a win-win: no visits to malls and a tax deduction besides!

Posted Wed, Nov 19, 3:30 p.m.

As long as the Republican party continues to let itself be dominated by right-wing, fundamentalist demagogues, it's doomed. I was a Rockefeller Republican in California for as long as I could stand it, but it became clear that my former party had no use for social liberals, no matter how ...

Posted Tue, Sep 16, 8:31 a.m.

How does this math work?: As an increasingly lukewarm 49ers fan, I'm wondering if it's mathematically possible for NO ONE to win the NFC West this year.

Posted Wed, Jun 18, 8:52 a.m.

Mingling with the candidates: Yes, the smaller states have it all over the bigger states when it comes to accessible candidates. When I was visiting my cousin in Montpelier, Vermont, a few years ago, we walked across the street to her neighbor's house for a cocktail party to meet the ...

Posted Thu, Jun 12, 9:06 a.m.

What's not for Republicans to love about Obama?: He went to the most exclusive private school in Hawaii, and then to Harvard. His speeches speak to building a better America just as Ronald Reagan's did. Sounds like a Republican to me!

Posted Thu, Apr 17, 9:46 a.m.

Stegner on writing: I believe it was historian Page Stegner (son of novelist Wallace Stegner) who once said, "People will criticize not what you wrote, but what they think you wrote." Keep up the slices of wry!

Posted Fri, Oct 12, 11:18 a.m.

Dune was not the movie that came to mind: This article didn't remind me of "Dune." It reminded me of the first "Die Hard" where both the FBI agents were named "Agent Johnson -- no relation."

Posted Thu, Apr 19, 8:19 a.m.

Channelling Rudy: When somebody like Mossback starts echoing Rudy Guiliani ("Even I don't always agree with me."), shivers run down my back.