Views by the Bay

Rebecca says the blessing We arrived at the community center at noon, where 40 people were waiting. A woman approached eagerly, “Are...

Disclosure scam p. 1 The Internet is a great medium for communication and commerce, but one drawback is that it is a rich playgrou...

At my annual physical yesterday the doctor told me that there was no cause for alarm, which gave me the same degree of comfort as a Homeland...

As Punxsutawney Phil predicted , much of the rest of the country experienced winter weather through late March. In the oasis that is the Bay...

“If you call yourself a Christian” is one of the most hackneyed and tiresome phrases that Christians have to listen to, because it’s always ...

From the instructions for completing the Hawaii individual income tax return: You may deduct up to $3,000 per exceptional tree for qualifi...

Today Barack Obama gave a speech on race relations. That’s a lot like saying Lincoln gave a speech about a Civil War battle. Speaking as one...

Per James Lileks : I’m worried less about a recession than inflation. I’m worried most about a recession, inflation AND a jolly round of tra...

The globally interconnected financial system has been referred to as a house of cards. Bear Stearns, the investment bank whose sudden and im...

On Palm Sunday the Episcopal congregants roused themselves from their torpor and exited the church. Led by the cross, we marched around the ...

This market is scary. 200-point swings in the Dow Jones Industrial Average are now commonplace, and Friday’s news that Bear Stearns, one of...

WSJ columnist Lee Gomes writes how we’re powerless to resist the lure of the web. Clicking through sights and sounds at broadband speed trig...

Political news junkies were worried about how to keep themselves occupied during the six weeks between the Texas/Ohio and Pennsylvania prima...

What New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer did in the privacy of his hotel room is likely not a crime. What will do him in is structuring : Spitzer, ...

After calling Hillary Clinton “a monster”, Samantha Power, an unpaid foreign policy adviser and Harvard professor, announced her resignation...