

H.H. Howze
Jun 25, 20174 min read
A 'Gunboat' in Texas
In an era when the minimum salary for Major League Baseball players is $535,000 and the highest paid player, Dodger pitcher Clayton...


Frank Browning
Jun 20, 20174 min read
Art / Banana Feet, Wharf Women & Singing Iron
Thick glistening bananas and vining mango trees pulse through the darkness in Bordeaux, the heart of the world’s finest wine district in...


Bill Bentley
Jun 12, 201710 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / June 2017
Dan Auerbach, Waiting on a Song. The Black Keys have tended to race toward the aggro side of rock often enough to have staked their claim...


H.H. Howze
Jun 10, 201710 min read
Sea Kayaking the British Virgin Islands in Search of the NBA Finals
"It's the islands, man!" Galloway insisted, swerving sharply to miss a cow lying in our lane as we rounded another steeply angled blind...


Jeffrey Nightbyrd Shero
Jun 4, 20173 min read
Ahhh Havana – a Snapshot
An old but central water pipe sprang a leak. The water department dug up the 100 year old line to replace the section but the adjoining...


Admin
May 30, 20175 min read
Still Relevant / The Naked Truth
My drawing here was done in early 1974 as the Watergate scandal was really heating up. This was, in fact, my very first political...


Jon Carroll / joncarrollprose.com
May 22, 20176 min read
Confessions of a Boy Wonder
I didn’t sign up to be a boy wonder. I was just tooling along at the Chronicle, editing the critics and writing the occasional...


Elliott Negin
May 19, 20175 min read
Can Trump’s Koch-Funded Appointees Stall Clean Energy Momentum?
When The Washington Post reported earlier this month that President Trump appointed Daniel Simmons to run the Office of Energy Efficiency...


Bill Bentley
May 16, 201710 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / May 2017
Amy Black, Memphis. The sign on the front door of the African-American motorcycle club in Memphis said "Rattlesnakes do not commit...


Danny N. Schweers
May 16, 20171 min read
Photo Prayer / May 2017
Night Tulips Even at night, the tulips show forth their glory. Even in the dark, they dance and sing. Bring out a light and you will...


Jon Carroll / joncarrollprose.com
May 8, 20175 min read
Happy Days
We didn’t know what we were doing. We were making it up as we went along. It was glorious. In the early 70s, magazine start-ups were like...


Martin Snapp / California Magazine
May 8, 20179 min read
All the Presidents’ Historians: How Legacies of Leaders Change
Donald Trump’s critics say he’s the worst president ever; his fans say he’s one of the best. That’s par for the course: Barack Obama and...


Glen Martin / California Magazine
May 8, 20177 min read
Tesla Is Breaking Records Galore. But Is the Eco Hype Overblown?
One of the best ways to flaunt your Earth-hugging bona fides these days is to buy an electric car. It shows you’re willing to put your...


Krissy Eliot / California Magazine
May 8, 201711 min read
Ann Coulter at Berkeley: Untangling the Truth
It’s been about a week since Ann Coulter tried but failed to speak on the Berkeley campus, and the outrage continues unabated. Outrage...


Randy Alfred
May 5, 20177 min read
The Randy List / V.P. or V.I.P.?
Vice-Presidential Facts & Figures Some presidential data are included for comparison. Past performance is not a predictor of future...


Shelly Gehshan
May 2, 20174 min read
Signs of Our Times .... the People's Climate March
“It’s already hot enough in NC” “April is the new August” “91 degrees in April. SAD!” It was fitting that the temperature for the Climate...