On Tuesday in San Jose, California, local marijuana dispensaries gave away weed to anyone who voted in the primary and brought in their ...

In local news, it looks like South Carolina will have uniformly BAD ROADS for another year, at least. Our roads are secondary to the e...

At left: back in the day, when Governor Brown was more open-minded. California Governor Jerry Brown was once MY governor when I li...

Some random linkage, starting (of course!) with my own radio show: Thursday , Friday and today . We were a bit off our game today, sin...

My original intention was to put the lady-stuff here on International Women's Day ... and I guess you see how that turned out. Hey, be...

I am fascinated by what people will and will not allow on their Facebook Timelines. The much-ballyhooed "Timeline" is an onli...

At left: Artisphere mural, more photos here. Once again, the celebrity golfers have invaded the neighborhood , as they do every year....

I really wanted to title this obituary, "Waiting for Peter Bergman, or someone like him," which I think he would have appreciated....

Since the dreaded Super Bowl is over, its time to get your political seriousness back on! For the record, I have never seen so many Twee...

Lots of other people have memorialized Ben Masel, most of them far better writers than I am. But I was unsatisfied. There is a word missin...

The recent election may seem strange, you say. What can possibly be happening to human beings? Well, Jack Nicholson had the answer DECADE...

No matter what I did, they resolutely refused to look at the camera. My post on women going shirtless got major hits from Reddit , Stumble...

Fox News called us all trolls for trying to free the weed. We should take it as a compliment! The story, from NORML : On three separat...

Greenville, facing southwest from Richardson Street. It appears I will spend most of my day off haggling with stubborn insurance compan...