If Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval somehow makes it onto the superior court bench in November, he may want to install a weather vane in his chambers so he can note the direction of the wind before he has to make a decision. Right now his index finger must be getting tired. Read More

A lot of people were never the same after they faced Pat Valentino, and the same was true for me, except for a different reason. The others were punished in a boxing ring. The things I learned from him happened mostly across a dining table. And valuable lessons they were. I found out in one day that the only thing worth fighting Valentino over was a lunch check. And that the only place more dangerous to be with him outside of a boxing arena was to be a passenger in his car. Read More

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