Nordic Mysteries: The Millenium Trilogy
The movie and the book introduce Lisbeth Salander, played by Swedish actress Noomi Rapace. She is a unique figure in fiction. She is Goth-like in appearance, autistic and bisexual with…
Kicking 17,474 San Francisco City Workers to the Curb
San Francisco is not exempt from the financial challenges affecting the entire nation. However, the new blame game directed at unionized city workers is unprecedented. San Francisco has a proud…
Constitutional Convention Needed
to Address California Budget Crisis
Cartoon courtesy Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com By Ralph E. Stone March 22, 2010 Fasten your safety belts. It’s budget time again in Sacramento. Prepare for a repeat of last year’s contentious…
Israel’s Snub of US, Mid-East Peace
Heard Around the World
Vice President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Photo: Flash 90 By Ralph E. Stone March 14, 2010 In President Obama’s June 2009 Cairo Islam speech, he called for a…
Are you a Needer or a Haver?
On my chest I have a red sticker that reads, “William, $800, No Control Freaks.†(Yes, there is a story behind this, but I won’t go into that now.) Red…
A Toast to Saint Patrick
San Francisco's 159th Annual St. Patrick's Day Festival will be held on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at Civic Center Plaza, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Festival takes place…
Time for a Study of the Effects
of San Francisco Rent Control
All San Francisco properties with a first Certificate of Occupancy that was issued prior to June 13th, 1979 are subject to rent control. If a rental unit was in regular…