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Oct 1, 2025

The Conundrum of Kid Care

At three months old, my son was kicked out of his daycare. I had spent my pregnancy navigating my city’s brutal child care landscape. So, when I found this place, I felt a flood of relief. Yet, less than a week after I returned to work, I received a...
Opinion
Aug 26, 2025

Authenticity Versus AI, Can’t Beat the Real Thing

On Thursday, Aug. 14, more than 200 people joined us at Sausalito’s The Spinnaker to celebrate the 2025 Best...
Open Mic writers express their perspectives on a variety of topics.
Aug 19, 2025

Sellout: The Disastrous Trump-Putin Summit in Alaska

Donald Trump emerged from a much shorter meeting than expected with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage to say there was...
Aug 12, 2025

Anniversary of Annihilation

Ever since the atomic bombings of Japanese cities in August 1945, the world has been living on borrowed time. The...
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Aug 5, 2025

Open Mic: Inept Reps, Reflecting on Whom We Elected

It might be fun, just for a sec, to talk about what we U.S. citizens should expect from the...
Open Mic writers express their perspectives on a variety of topics.
Jul 29, 2025

Open Mic: Nukes Need Global Oversight

Humanity has a serious nuclear weapons problem. We have created a weapon that is so powerful that it poses...
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Jul 22, 2025

Open Mic: Those Three Little Words—Fraud, Waste and Abuse

Between Elon Musk’s brief, disastrous tenure with the misnamed “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) and the Republicans’ mad rush...
Open Mic writers express their perspectives on a variety of topics.
Jul 15, 2025

Open Mic: In Reply…to the Social Security Commissioner

Dear Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano—I received your letter. It looked like an official Social Security Administration (SSA) communique,...
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