Views by the Bay

We will continue to keep a portion of our savings in U.S. Government debt . However, the returns on Treasury bills are pathetic. Last week o...

L to R: iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, Nexus One After a month-long dalliance with Google's Nexus One mobile phone--which I did like but ...

On July 16th I opined (hoped) that Google shares had decent prospects, despite the company's second quarter earnings disappointment. I...

“The question that haunts every parent of a child with autism is, What will happen when I die?” The Atlantic runs a portrait of the first ...

More than half the calls we get on our home phone are from toll-free prefixes. We never pick them up. I don’t need a cold-caller to tell m...

A distant conical haze marred the sky as we headed home on a clear Thursday evening. We turned on the radio, listening for a possible report...

Tinkerbell and Wendy (book photo) The big white tent is coming down and the show is leaving town. Peter Pan 360 , a 21st-century update o...

President Obama has proposed yet another spending program to goose the floundering economy, but this time the spending will be accompanied b...

Golfer’s errant shot goes into rough. Next swing hits a rock. So far, so familiar--what follows not so much. Spark produced from club hitt...

We served 70 people last Sunday. The new guy was so hungry that his whole body shook. He wolfed down the chicken and rice as I ladled it...

CBS surveyed potential viewers to find out what they wanted from a Hawaii Five-O remake. ‘I want to see the crime-fighting, I want to see ...

The craving became overwhelming after two weeks, and I gave in. I cracked open a couple of eggs and cooked them over medium heat. This morni...

I largely gave up the morning newspaper when we got home wi-fi. Clicking on the laptop enables me to view up-to-the-minute share prices in...

Cartoon from the Mercury News Below are the top ten driving pet peeves from Mercury-News readers. Their number one irritant was bad merg...

If you only have a few minutes and happen to be near Golden Gate Park, stop by the bison enclosure . It’s in the western end of the park, fa...