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A Farm in the City

“My liaison to the medical marijuana community” is how District Attorney Terence Hallinan sometimes introduced me. “Public Information Officer” was the job title, and I gave the City and County of San...

Barbara Ehrenreich at the Commonwealth Club

January 18, 2007 Barbara Ehrenreich made a quick visit to San Francisco last week to promote her...

Kayo vs. DiFi

Kayo vs. DiFi Last week former Congressman Tom Campbell was back in the news as founder of a new...

‘Russian Meddling’ in Perspective

9/10/20 Today the NYer posted an article entitled “Is Russian Meddling as Dangerous as we...

Nobody Wins a War Anymore

“The notion that somebody or some country wins a war is bogus. The U.S. hasn’t won a war in...

Vincent Hallinan’s Overlooked Running Mate

By Fred Gardner Although our Hallinan saga was meant to follow rough chronological order,...

‘Ignore the CDC’ says former NIH Director

“It Has Come to This: Ignore the C.D.C.” So read the headline on the 8/31/20 op-ed in...

Implementing Prop 215 in San Francisco

By Fred Gardner I didn’t jump at District Attorney Terence Hallinan’s offer in 1999...

Boom Times for Health Insurers

August 29, 2020 With many fewer people going to doctors for check-ups, screenings, and elective...

Author: Fred Gardner