Month June 2008

South San Francisco

These concrete letters are on a hill near where we live, and visible for miles. The industrial base is fast giving way to gentrification, however Wikipedia notes that “South San Francisco is considered to be the birthplace of the biotech…

Has oil peaked, at least temporarily?

A cover story by The Economist about high oil prices would, assuming you believe in contrary indicators, indicate at least a short-term top in prices. That’s what The Big Picture thinks, saying “Painful though it is, this oil shock will…

Historic

My 90 year old father, a life-long Republican until 1992 and Obama supporter since day 1, called me excitedly tonight saying CNN just called the nomination for Obama. He said, “this is historic” and he’s right. An African-American man is…