Julian Assange sings — for down-under election
Here’s a great video from Australia by Robert Foster and Juice Rap News. It’s the “Game of Polls” — a Game of Thrones on the Australian election. It stars Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, former PM Julia...
View ArticleHow many US troops died in Afghanistan last year?
Someone sent me this video of a December House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing at which GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher asked three Obama administration officials involved with Afghanistan some simple...
View ArticleTexas Gov. Rick Perry hearts California
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is coming to Silicon Valley Wednesday in another trek to poach California businesses. When we spoke over the phone Tuesday, it was clear the Lone State Republican was enjoying his...
View ArticleJohn Yoo: Do you feel safer?
When we chatted Monday, UC Berkeley law professor John Yoo was critical of the Senate Intelligence Committee investigation report which Chairman Dianne Feinstein says will be released soon. Her belief...
View ArticleFree hit-and-run toddler’s aunt
District Attorney George Gascón came to the Chronicle for an editorial board Monday to pitch for the paper’s endorsement of Proposition 47, which would reduce criminal penalties for petty theft, drug...
View ArticleMaggie Karner has brain cancer and will not follow Brittany Maynard
Like Brittany Maynard, Maggie Karner has glioblastoma. Unlike Maynard, she has decided to live with the disease and try to squeeze as much quality and life as she can in her remaining time. She told...
View ArticleIsrael, amazing tourist destination
My husband and I just got back from a fantastic vacation in Israel — with a one-day visit to Petra in Jordan. Before I left I thought I would write a column about the need to see world heritage sites...
View ArticleSan Francisco: Sanctuary City for whom?
With the awful, senseless shooting of Kate Steinle, and the arrest of an undocumented immigrant who was convicted of seven felonies and deported five times, people are asking questions about San...
View ArticleShould these agents even have guns?
Another murder committed with another gun stolen from someone in law enforcement. The latest victim, we learn, is muralist Antonio Ramos, who was shot in September — gunned down in Oakland while...
View ArticleWhat if Steve Jobs ran for president?
Sunday night (9 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Pacific) CNN is airing a Alex Gibney’s documentary, “Steve Jobs, The Man in the Machine.” I got a sneak peek. As I watched it, I wondered: How would the public...
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