Joel Schechter, Author at 48 hills

News + Politics

March 6, 2025

Mansions? Teslas? $500,000 shoes? San Francisco could help Muni, the schools, and unhoused people by an extra sales tax on things nobody really needs

Opinion

February 26, 2025

You don't pay much in the way of taxes. Here's how to improve your image among people who aren't going to buy your cars

Performance

February 14, 2025

All the classics you know and love—but huger, greater, bigger, more beautiful, and much better.

News + Politics

February 2, 2025

Maybe Trump, Vance, Zuckerberg, and Bezos could join you. Bon Voyage!

Arts + Culture

January 18, 2025

Playwright Alfred Jarry's indelible 1896 theatrical tyrant pointed the way to our felon president—and his load of 'merdre.'

Opinion

January 1, 2025

Is there a ceiling on Trump's debt to you? You could always open a store in Union Square.

Opinion

December 15, 2024

This city can defy Trump by asking the billionaires to pay their fair share.

Opinion

December 3, 2024

An interview with the 'man of wealth and taste' who determined the outcome of most of the US elections this fall.

Opinion

November 20, 2024

And Breed, too, why not? Buying off your opponents is a longtime strategy of plutocrats.

Protest

November 14, 2024

$25 billion worth of weapons would fund a lot of housing, healthcare, and education.