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Trump’s fear factor

If they have any instinct for self-preservation, Iran and Hamas should be monitoring President-Elect Donald Trump’s communications closely these days. A couple of weeks ago, there was the Truth Social post promising “ALL HELL TO PAY” if Hamas didn’t release its hostages by Trump’s ...

The Post Office: A wonderful establishment

There’s one thing Donald Trump can’t take away from me. I’m ready for living in a reality where a knock on the door could take you and your rights away. I’m prepared for violent Jan. 6 offenders in prison to be pardoned on Trump’s first day. I’m even braced for freedom of speech ...

Let this Christmas be a day of togetherness

During the Christmas season when I was a boy, my mother used to take my brothers and sisters and me down to one of the roughest neighborhoods in San Francisco — to visit some animals that were gathered there. This was the Tenderloin District, which attracted drug dealers, drug users and a ...

Why a tech titan backed Trump

Why did Marc Andreessen — inventor of the first internet web browser, and perhaps the prime venture capitalist in Silicon Valley today — switch from his longstanding support of the Democratic Party and back President-elect Donald Trump this year? Because, in his view, the Democrats who ...

Holiday season feels like a post-election balm

We put up our Christmas tree on Nov. 9 this year. Right after the election. I cannot remember a time when I’ve been more eager for the holiday season. We have holiday favorites playing on Alexa and in the car when we’re driving around town. This holiday season feels like a post-election ...

Don’t write off DOGE

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy want to cut $2 trillion and make the government more efficient. It’s a high priority since the United States is barreling toward a fiscal crisis. Yet despite the mounting evidence of unsustainable spending and deficits, lots of people seem to believe that the ...