Vegan Salade Niçoise
It’s been a month of bad news on every possible level: personal losses, professional disappointments, you name it. To keep our spirits up, we’re trying to eat healthy and well,
Green Chai Latte
One of the perks and perils of San Francisco is the stream of culinary novelties. A few weeks ago I set aside my skepticism about our continuous chase after “the
Tropical Pudding
It’s been a difficult few weeks for us. A couple of weeks ago we lost our beloved cat, Spade, to a car accident, and we are wrecked with grief. Our
Ganja in Trumpland: An Introduction
The campaigns for and against Prop. 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, revolved around the minutiae of the proposition: Will the big guns get rich at the expense of
Trumpland: Worse Than Nixon
The Trump Administration has published its 100-day plan. Read carefully: it includes mass deportations, as well as a Nixonian plan for federal funding of the police. The cycle continues. The
When They Go Low, We Go High
ExpertFile is a service that allows the public to contact experts with queries. Today, as we’re all reeling from the results of this election, I received the following query from
A Horrible Setback to Criminal Justice Reform
Prop. 66 is not the first “speed up the death penalty” proposition to pass in the last few years. Florida’s similar “fix” was tossed out by the courts as unconstitutional
Wear a White Rose
When my students arrived to class today, they were greeted with dozens of white roses–one at every seat. We talked about the election. Our Muslim students talked about their family’s