Thursday, June 30, 2016

It's Cheaper to Pay the Fine

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The mushrooming costs of compliance with government regulations have caused some companies to reach the breaking point : [bold added] A...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Outside Starbucks in Foster City

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I have never seen these people before. Nevertheless....comments! 1) They've been married a long time: they are long past the point...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Children of Acton

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Research supports the notion that power corrupts. Berkeley students [bold added] monitored vehicle etiquette at road junctions, kept not...
Monday, June 27, 2016

San Francisco's "Unsolvable" Problem

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Diane Feinstein was the first mayor to confront the problem (Chron--1986) This week the Chronicle runs a landmark series of articles on ...
Sunday, June 26, 2016

Hope and Fear

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A little over a year ago CRISPR ("clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats") came to our attention. Now it meri...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Right Man, Wrong Reason

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Earlier this week we opined that Tesla's bid to acquire SolarCity made Elon Musk look more like money-grubbing capitalist than eco-vis...
Friday, June 24, 2016

The Upper Hand

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The major stock market averages are down about 3% three hours before the close. Yesterday's British referendum to leave the European U...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

Fun and Interesting, But....

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The Grauman's Chinese Theatre is also worth a stop. Native San Franciscan and 55-year Chronicle columnist Carl Nolte finds pleasant...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016

His Leash Has Shortened

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Tesla Motor's bid to acquire SolarCity makes little strategic sense to outsiders but does enhance the personal fortune of billionaire El...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Keeping It Simple is not Stupid

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( Yahoo image ) A language maven analyzes why Donald Trump's speaking style has been so effective. [bold added] First, he keeps it...
Monday, June 20, 2016

As Most Fathers Do

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LeBron supplants Steph as best player; Zhuri takes over from Riley as cutest daughter ( SF Chronicle photo) It was indeed a Happy Fathe...
Sunday, June 19, 2016

Father's Day, 2016

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Dad walks regularly at Ala Moana's Magic Island While we were waiting for a table in San Mateo, I called Mom and Dad on their land...
Saturday, June 18, 2016

Vast Wasteland of Corporate Accountability

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Just because an organization, for example a government agency or a charity, is not chartered to earn a profit does not mean that it is more...
Friday, June 17, 2016

No Mr. Softie Any More

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Nearly subsumed by the announcement that Microsoft will buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion is the news that Microsoft will [bold added] star...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

And Now Orlando

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Orlando: the 49 dead ( NY Daily News collage ) Whatever we're doing now to stop these mass murders, it's not working. Young live...