September 19, 2017

Why universities love DACA: Follow the money

The California community colleges love their DACA students.  Well, not necessarily the students themselves, though their rhetoric attests to that.  Community colleges actually love all the free funding the DACA students provide – both...

April 4, 2013

Confronting an Anti-bullying Campaign in San Francisco

Three years ago, when my son started kindergarten at a San Francisco city school, his mother and I were surprised one day to find in his backpack a curious form for us to sign.  It was a no-bully pledge.  By signing, we'd agree to instruct ...

August 31, 2010

Government Education Dollars at Work

My five-year-old son started kindergarten earlier this month. After his first day of class, he brought home a folder with lots of handouts for my wife and me to read and sign and return the following day. Frankly, we couldn't believe what we were ask...

April 7, 2010

Pelosi and Her Peeps

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stopped by the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco Tuesday afternoon to take some softball questions in front of her hometown fans. Hosting the exhibition of political batting practice was the Commonwealth Club of Ca...

February 23, 2009

Intolerance at the Oscars

While Slumdog Millionaire may have won best picture last night at the Academy Awards, the award for most drama goes to the movie Milk. It's no surprise that the film chronicling the rise of San Francisco politician Harvey Milk was honored by Hollywoo...

January 20, 2009

The first untruth

It's an omen for our time, a harbinger, a clue as to what we might expect for the next four years:  Barack Obama was not President of the United States for five minutes before he spoke his first untruth to the American people.  In the first...