The New York Times has hired a new public editor to replace Daniel Okrent, whose 18 month contract is up. I’m kind of glad. A few of Okrent’s columns have been terribly fascinating to me,[…]

OK, disclaimer: I write this less as the editor of SFR and more as a southside resident whose house is under constant encroachment by Jeff Branch who, not satisifed with approval for San Isidro Village,[…]

Sometimes I feel as though I am writing a weather weblog—an undertaking I am not qualified and one I can’t imagine anyone would have much interest in but, jeez, what was up with the wind[…]

Have to say I love the idea of a black, Latino or Jewish pope. Read why that’s a possibility in this Slate article. Maybe it that happens, US presidents will follow.

Just learned that our sister paper, The Willamette Week, in Portland, Ore., won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. You can learn more about that at AAN’s websiteI am expecting any day now to win[…]