Ed McGovern has a pretty good track record when it comes to raising public awareness — the longtime political consultant and former deputy mayor in San Francisco was the brains behind the early campaigns to get a new baseball park built in The City. Now, he and his wife, Tina, have turned their talents to an attempt to raise money to fight Coats’ disease, a rare eye disorder affecting their youngest child, Jack. Read More

There is an unwritten rule in journalism — deeply held, and almost religiously followed — that columnists should never criticize other columnists. Read More

The move this week to put a charter amendment on the November ballot to create a new Historic Preservation Commission in San Francisco overseeing historic buildings and landmarks seems like a great idea except for one reason: We don't need one. Read More

It may be fetching to some voters, but the theme of "change" so embraced by so many candidates in this year’s presidential contest is vacuous, an idea with absolutely no content in and of itself. We need change, we are nevertheless told: change, change, change, as if any kind of change would be ipso facto wonderful. Read More