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A society that only does technology well will age badly - essay for The New Existentialists

California and New York: splitting the difference? - column for Gatehouse Media

The internet is a playground of the rich, because there are no shortcuts to social justice - essay for Rethinking Complexity

Where the Laughter Starts - short story for Fiction365

The 21st century suffers from an "existential famine" - essay for The New Existentialists

Untie school funding, jobs, from test scores - column for Gatehouse Media

Is unemployment a sign of "uncertainty" - or the need for a new set of assumptions? - essay for Rethinking Complexity

Tall Ships - short story for Fiction365

Third World call centers are a peek into the future of depression - essay for The New Existentialists

Faux Willie Brown weighs in on San Francisco politics - parody for SF Weekly

Is the world going to become sustainable ... on its own? - essay for Rethinking Complexity

Why Burning Man sold out this year - list for SF Weekly

The common good is irrational - essay for Rethinking Complexity

Why existentialism's fortunes rise and fall - essay for The New Existentialists

Bad judgement can lead to bad outcomes - column for Messenger Post Newspapers

Necessary Correction - short story for Fiction365

What have we learned about Leland Yee? - list for SF Weekly

Performance evaluations that can't deal with ambiguity also can't deal with reality - essay for Rethinking Complexity

Sex crimes pursued, economic crimes ignored - Column for Gatehouse Media

Empathy is going the way of the land-line - essay for The New Existentialists

Why everyone wants Ed Lee to run for SF Mayor - list for SF Weekly

A sustainable earth needs lobbyiss more than it needs visionaries - essay for Rethinking Complexity

Medley Center shows how not to spur development - column for Messenger Post Newspapers

The problem isn't feminism - the problem is that you can't become happy by proxy - essay for The New Existentialists

There is no moral - short story for Fiction365

Why SF has more sex and likes it less - list for SF Weekly

Private lives, public consequences, and Anthony Weiner - column for Gatehouse Media

Much Ado About Lebowski - review for SF Weekly

Monroe County Democrats won't win on ethics - column for Messenger Post Newspapers

Sticking points in the MUNI driver negotiations - list for SF Weekly

Aftershocks - short story for Fiction365

A Streetcar Named Desire - review for SF Weekly

The Debacles just Keep on Coming - column for Messenger Post Newspapers

Why is Gavin Newsom leaving San Francisco? - list for SF Weekly

Blaming the government, until we need it - column for Gatehouse Media

How $248 million will improve SF Streets - list for SF Weekly

Airport has new policies, same lax oversight - column for Messenger Post Newspapers

BadBadBad, a "Transmedia Underground Novel," has a frustratingly brilliant debut - review for SF Weekly

The conspiracy we're missing - column for Gatehouse Media

What threat should San Franciscans be frightened of? - list for SF Weekly

Or Flight - short story for Fiction365

Will The United States ever grow up? - column for GateHouse Media

When Lightning Strikes Twice - short story for Fiction365

Suburban GOP tipped mayoral scales - column for Messenger Post Newspapers

Previously Secret Information gets deeply personal on its first anniversary show - review for SF Weekly

Natural Reactions - short story for Fiction365

Why we're still talking about Barry Bonds - list for SF Weekly

How San Francisco will become a stinking-rich city - list for SF Weekly

Two different mayoral campaigns - column for Messenger Post Newspapers

How SF residents want to fix the city budget - list for SF Weekly

Editing the Dead - short story for Fiction365

More informed but still surprised - column for GateHouse Media

Can we stop pretending the private sector is so efficient? - article for the Saybrook Forum

Marionette fellatio and a fire-eating balloon Elvis -- this is Circus Finelli's Puppet Peepshow - review for SF Weekly

Why S.F. School Board members deserve raises - list for SF Weekly

What is David Chiu's mayoral platform? - list for SF Weekly

Quiet Lightning turns in strong performance as series aims to become non-profit group - review for SF Weekly

Politics, hypocrisy, and a mayoral race - column for Messenger Post Newspapers

The Cat's Pajamas goes out with The Bang - review for SF Weekly

How is Whole Foods adapting to the Haight? - list for SF Weekly

Artificial Intelligence's biggest success isn't making computers smarter -- it's making people dumber - article for Saybrook Forum

Not quite there yet - short story for Fiction365

Billboard Liberation Front unveils history of guerilla art in unauthorized stunt at City Lights - review in SF Weekly

What questions do people really want Ed Lee to answer? - list for SF Weekly

Eight things Twitter wants from San Francisco - list for SF Weekly

Ethics training only a first step - column for Messenger Post Newspapers

Literary DeathMatch: marshmallows, comedy - and, oh yeah, literature - review for SF Weekly

Democrats' power grab continues - column for Messenger Post Newspapers

Roulette - short story for Fiction365

Nine solutions to San Francisco's pension crisis - list for SF Weekly

Quiet Lightning gives SF poet Sam Sax 30 minutes to prove himself - review for SF Weekly

The debacles just keep on coming - column for Messenger Post Newspapers

Will you be my ultrahip valentine? - list for SF Weekly

The Forbidden City - cover story for SF Weekly

Art - short story for Fiction365

Diplomacy by the Bay - list for SF Weekly

Where have we seen this scandal before? - column for Messenger Post Newspapers

America is great at creating the kind of people who can solve its problems, and terrible at letting them - article for the Saybrook Forum

Three Viewings - review for SF Weekly

Children's Stories - short story for Fiction365

Open season on drivers - list for SF Weekly

Hypocrisy in high places - column for Gatehouse Media

We get the bad politics we reward - column for Gatehouse Media

Sleepless expectations - short story for Fiction365

Bored of the Supervisors - list for SF Weekly

America must keep its word - column for Gatehouse Media

Up the Mountain - short story for Fiction365

We're not so resolute - list for SF Weekly

Dining Out - short story for Fiction365

Top San Francisco headlines of 2010 - list for SF Weekly

A conversation before casting away - short story for Fiction365

Longevity is the best revenge - list for SF Weekly

Shadows - short story for Fiction365 (in Fiction)

Do you ever outgrow adolescence? (Yes. Yes you do) - column for the Saybrook Forum (in Marketing)

SF Local hiring policy's impact - list for SF Weekly (in Miscellaneous)

The voice of the people in public comment - column for Gatehouse Media (in Journalism)

How SF will pick its mayor - list for SF Weekly (in Miscellaneous)

Haley Barbour isn't the only person in America with public amnesia - column for the Saybrook Forum (in Marketing)

A tale of two local theater groups - column for MPN (in Journalism) Pedaline aristocracy - column for Gatehouse Media (in Journalism)

How will SF regulate taco trucks? - list for SF Weekly (in Miscellaneous)

Why instant runoffs suck - list for SF Weekly (in Miscellaneous)

Is "pay for performance" innovative? Aristotle says "no" - column for the Saybrook Forum (in Marketing)

Maggie Brooks, tightrope walker - column for MPN (in Journalism)

Let it Bleed - cover story for SF Weekly (in Journalism)

Why incentive-based pay won't work in Rochester - column for MPN (in Journalism)

What is Nancy Pelosi's next move? - list for SF Weekly (in Miscellaneous)

Mary Stuart - review for SF Weekly (in Miscellaneous)

Who were the Civil War-era corpses at Fort Mason? - list for SF Weekly (in Miscellaneous)

We have met the freaks, and they are us - column for GateHouse Media (in Journalism)