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Campaign Trail: Breed, SuperPACs and D8 campaign money

SuperPAC money has been one of the defining issues of the early parts of the mayoral campaign. Mark Leno and Sup. Jane Kim have...

Architecturally sound neon Pomeranians: Our top 5 from Mexico City Art Week

ART LOOKS I didn’t expect to be here, writing to you, about this. After many years of penning flippant retorts and scene reports from...

Foreign Correspondent: The US occupation of northern Syria

When President Obama started bombing Syria in 2014, he enjoyed bipartisan support in Washington. Americans were appalled by the atrocities of the Islamic State,...

Foreign Correspondent: Cuba’s ‘sonic attack’ on diplomats is pure science fiction

HAVANA -- The mainstream media stories were straight out of a science fiction movie. Somebody in Cuba was aiming a super sophisticated "sonic weapon"...

Death of a suitcase

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT Ralph died on an escalator in a foreign airport on Christmas Eve. I called my black carry-on suitcase "Ralph" because he was almost...

The next mayor has to promise real, dramatic change

Unless Acting Mayor London Breed does something really bad (and she’s way too smart for that to happen), or the Board of Supes feels...

The future of an independent Catalonia

During a trip to Barcelona, I sat down to read a local newspaper and, although I understand Spanish, I couldn't fathom a word. The...

Writer and activist David Talbot suffers stroke

My friend David Talbot – author, journalist, and political agitator – suffered a stroke in mid-November and is facing a slow recovery. I learned about...

Some differences start to emerge from D8 debate

The District 8 supe debate was generally polite and cordial, and since both candidates are focusing mostly on district issues, there were plenty of...

Foreign Correspondent: US sells out the Kurds — again

I stood at a border crossing as thousands of Yazidis and other refugees fled ISIS attacks on Mosul and nearby cities. Tens of thousands...