Views by the Bay

We joined the madding crowd at the Fashion Valley mall on “Black” Friday, so designated because it’s the day after Thanksgiving when merchan...

The thermometer has dipped below freezing this morning. If the skies weren’t clear, we’d be having snow, just like in Seattle. Further north...

This was the first Thanksgiving in many years that we didn’t have to cook. Not being tied to the kitchen all day for the preparation and coo...

143 years ago, “in the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity”, Abraham Lincoln put aside thoughts of anger or despair an...

So now the solution to Iraq is to enlist the help of the Syrians and Iranians. Brilliant. That’s like asking North Vietnam to help with the ...

Yes, there’s Ohio State-Michigan, Nebraska-Oklahoma, and USC-UCLA, but only one end-of-year college football contest is deserving of the sob...

Having skipped breakfast, I had a hankering for a Hawaiian plate lunch--the genuine article---two scoops of rice, macaroni salad, and animal...

Lee blew into town. I hadn’t seen him for years. We met at business school, and he’s always been on the move, from Hawaii to Germany, San F...

I’m glad the Republicans lost, although I generally agree with their policy positions. They grew fat, corrupt, and lazy during their 12 year...

Today is Election Day, and I don’t have the inclination to sort through all the arguments for and against the propositions and measures that...

On lunchtime on Tuesday I organized a poker contest at my company. My motives were entirely benign because this was part of the annual fall ...

It was again our turn to make Sunday lunch for everyone who showed up at the community center. I pulled the lasagna from the freezer and th...

For about seven years I’ve been a regular consumer of pomegranate juice. Medical research has indicated that pomegranate juice conf...

I’m trying to ignore the news from Washington. It’s the silly season---less than two weeks to go before the elections---and we should eye wi...

Ford Motor Co. is struggling through losses, layoffs and a sharp drop in demand for its gas-guzzling trucks and SUV’s. Ford desperately nee...