New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg is in the midst of a re-think. Echoing what conservatives have long known, she has begun to question “the gap between the rhetoric of sexual liberation and women’s real-world experiences.” In other words, sex positivity … Read more
I recently visited the new Sixth Street Bridge, connecting Downtown’s Arts District with Boyle Heights. For the City the new $588 million bridge is a big deal. Besides its intended iconic appearance, it will feature a 12-acre park underneath with soccer … Read more
Ezra Klein recently rebroadcast one of his “Best Of” podcasts, featuring Ta-Nehisi Coates and Nikole Hannah-Jones. Both recently took faculty positions at Howard University, and both have served as acolytes of what we can call the Racialized Industrial Complex. This group of … Read more
Count Gabe Kapler as another Bay Area coach speaking out against the mass killings in Buffalo and Uvalde, TX. Like Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr, Kapler wants stronger gun control laws in the hope of preventing the next massacre. Unlike Kerr, … Read more
Leonard Cohen once said of the 1960s: “I don’t think the sixties ever began. I think the whole sixties lasted maybe fifteen or twenty minutes in somebody’s mind. I saw it move very, very quickly into the marketplace. I don’t … Read more
Despite Johnny Mac’s take, Serena Williams fancies herself an Unstoppable Queen. She and her corporate sponsors work hard, and reap the benefits of, promoting this image. We’d do well to question it. Is she really an Unstoppable Queen? And if … Read more