These problems are certainly not confined to San Francisco, but since the issues are well-known Nationally and (SF is in the right-wing crosshairs), they must be fixed. Count me as one of those who once loved this City and then watched in dismay as its tolerance veered too far leftward…

Never has any issue been as politicized (and mired in disinformation) than immigration policy. In actual fact, deportations are way down from the late 20th Century (when Immigration authorities depended upon a “voluntary” deportation system, and many quickly returned). At present, deportation is complicated by Sanctuary Cities, Asylum seekers, and…

This is one of those “Six Blind Men and the Elephant” exercises where when you ask six doctors/epidemiologists/drug company reps “what has caused heart attack and stroke deaths to drop so rapidly in the last 60 years?”, you’ll get six different answers. The conventional wisdom is that: 1) a large…

So Why do Doctors and Drug Companies Want this to be a Secret? — For those who know the history and science of Viagra/Cialis/Levitra, the nitric oxide boost from these drugs that delivers blood flow to the penis was originally designed to improve heart health and general vascular flow. During the Covid-19 epidemic, it was theorized that the Sildenafil family of drugs (the generic…

Currently, California homeowners install rooftop solar, hoping to save money and help the environment, while Utilities are begrudgingly paying them wholesale rates for excess energy. Meanwhile, California produces 31% of the Nation’s photovoltaic electricity, yet farm and desert PV arrays can take away precious farm land and desert eco systems…

We knew a high achieving Public School honor student and track star named Connie Smith (not her real name). As a senior, Connie wanted to take one less high school class (she’d exhausted all the AP offerings) and take a class at the local JC. The Public School threatened to…

The “Southern Strategy” was devised by Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, Newt Gingrich, and others as an oblique demonization of African Americans (usually disguised as “law and order”, “anti-welfare”, “States‘ Rights”, etc) designed to amplify the white vote. It has successfully empowered the Republican Party when used against undisciplined Democrats, and it is now being used against LGBT and Feminists. Here are ways to foil these strategies and restore our Country to Democratic meritocracy norms.

In the old school of thinking, you would rather die than be spoiled or spoil others, since the state of being spoiled resulted in being close to starvation or death. Today spoiling (now called pandering) and being spoiled (now called entitlement) are commonplace. We are so well off, that the…

As I look down the gun-barrel of next week’s annual physical (for my 68th year), I am pondering a seldom-asked question that may fly in the face of recent anti-inflammatory orthodoxies…should a Senior increase workouts while avoiding anti-inflammatory pills, do the opposite, or do both? The background of all this…