Business
Gender wars in department stores
Since some lawmakers want you to believe that gender is a social construct, Californians might have to say goodbye to pink and blue aisles in department stores.…
March 10, 2020
Business
A millennial toast to Trader Joe’s
Cheaper and less pretentious than Whole Foods, nicer and with more personality than Kroger or any other local supermarket, Trader Joe’s has long held its place as…
Business
California’s war on workers
For more than 40 years, the Lake Tahoe Music Festival provided local residents and tourists with classical music concerts. It was a modest event compared to such…
Magazine - Life & Arts
User manual
When you perform an online CAPTCHA task (reading a distorted alphanumeric string or counting the traffic lights in a gridded photo in order to prove that you’re…
Healthcare
‘Denial runs deep’: Patrick Kennedy says mental health is the civil rights issue no one is talking about
Former congressman Patrick Kennedy, 52, said the nation was suffering a mental health crisis worsened by a culture of silence. “Denial runs deep, and that silence around…
Foreign Policy
No end in sight
Residents of Idlib, the last opposition-held stronghold of Syria, most of them living in displacement and with sparse electricity, have stayed glued to their phones. “We have…
Columnists
Primaries show Trump GOP strength
The Democratic Super Tuesday primaries made all the news, but many states had Republican primaries, too. The results of those contests suggest President Trump is in an…
Beltway Confidential
The Democratic empire strikes back
Joe Biden’s crushing Super Tuesday victories were not a “coup” against Bernie Sanders, much though the socialist loser’s supporters complain. Their gnashing of teeth was encapsulated best…