Views by the Bay

Even if we're not thinking about Apples' remaking of entire industries, the evidence of technological disruption is all around us. ...

Slowly making my way down the Netflix queue, the arrow finally pointed to the 2011 Best Picture, the King's Speech . Since my tastes r...

Brute force + stuck flange = cracked sink The ancient bathroom faucet continued to drip, no matter how hard I twisted the knob. I consult...

After having lowered Google shares from "strong buy" to "buy" last month, the Standard and Poor's equity analyst has...

Google's $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility has the tech world agog with its size and strategic implications . The main attraction ...

28 people were in line when we opened the gate at noon. Rebecca, our CDSP seminarian, blessed the gathering and the meal. We began scooping...

Cartoon by Ramirez, 2008 As this humble journal feared, we are in the third year of a four-year train wreck. From February, 2008 : T...

According to Standard & Poor's there are 19 sovereign entities with a triple-A credit rating: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, ...

The United States lost its triple-A credit rating today when Standard & Poor's downgraded U.S. Treasury debt to AA+. As it has fo...

According to economic researchers, some low-wealth households [are] adequately prepared for retirement because of their reduced survival c...

From Rockaway, New Jersey: Police say 29-year-old Melissa Redmond, of nearby Mine Hill, was arrested for selling sex while working late nig...

Whenever I need a dose of humility and/or amusement, I review old posts from this modest journal. From 2006 : The national debt rests at nea...

From a short reflection on Ronald Reagan, this observation applies to political leaders regardless of party: Having grand goals is easy, if...

"Thirteen wonders" hand These are strange times. The national conversation this week is about an event that we were taught cou...

Slate surveyed the nine living former Treasury Secretaries about the Federal debt ceiling. Four responded, and, unsurprisingly, the vote wa...