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San Francisco Voters Face a Crowded and Contentious Mayor’s Race
This November San Francisco voters will get to decide whether to give London Breed another four years as mayor. Polls show voters are dissatisfied wi…
1 year, 11 months ago
Who Is Responsible For One of the Largest Internet Hacks Ever?
Microsoft developer Andres Freund inadvertently discovered one of the largest internet hacks in history while conducting routine maintenance on his c…
1 year, 11 months ago
So You Want to Be a DJ?
There was a time when being a DJ meant hauling heavy crates of vinyl LPs, sound equipment and lights from one gig to the next. Now with a computer an…
1 year, 11 months ago
RFK’s a Spoiler – But for Which Party?
Polls this month suggest that between 9 and 12 percent of Americans support independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But it’s unclear…
1 year, 11 months ago
Legendary Stanford Women’s Basketball Coach Tara VanDerveer Announces Retirement
Stanford women’s basketball coach, Tara VanDerveer – the winningest coach in the history of college basketball – has announced she’s retiring after 4…
1 year, 11 months ago
Why Trees Contain Multitudes
“The quiet cousin, the rowdy daughter, the bookish aunt, the brash sister. Some are short and busy; others tall, quiet and stately,” writes environme…
1 year, 11 months ago
Doing Democracy: Should America Adopt a Parliamentary System of Government?
Constitutional law professor Maxwell Stearns doesn’t think the U.S. is headed for a constitutional crisis…he thinks we’re already deeply in one. And …
1 year, 11 months ago
Is Biden’s Approach to Israel Changing?
President Biden called the humanitarian crisis in Gaza “unacceptable” during a call last week with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and said …
1 year, 11 months ago
Anne Lamott 'Somehow' Finds the Love
“I wish the moment of love in our lives more closely resembled the grace of a ballerina, but no, love mainly tromps and plops, falls over and tiptoes…
1 year, 11 months ago
Are the SAT and ACT Making a Comeback?
Reversing pandemic-era admission policies, more universities, including MIT, Yale, Dartmouth and Brown, are again requiring that applicants submit SA…
1 year, 11 months ago