San Francisco may be a bellwether for November’s midterms, and the future of the Democratic Party. Last November, when U.S. Representative and former speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced her long-anticipated retirement, she vacated a seat held for nearly four decades, and gave San Franciscan voters a once-in-a-generation choice. As the growing shadow of […]
Author: Elias S. Myers
“Fiat Lux” Darkens With Peyrin Kao’s Firing
On Thursday last week, campus leadership dismissed UC Berkeley lecturer Peyrin Kao — the latest casualty in the administration’s war on Berkeley’s free speech foundations. Kao’s censuring proves yet again that free speech at UC Berkeley is no more than administrative marketing. It’s a principle invoked when convenient and easily discarded when costly. This semester, […]
The Inception of the Post-Roe Generation
Framed in black and written in white, Students for Life America’s posters shone through the crowds outside the Supreme Court the day Roe v. Wade was overturned. They had a coordinated message. “I am the post-Roe Generation,” they read. Instantly recognizable by their monochromatic posters, members of Students for Life America have become ubiquitous at […]
The Sale of San Francisco’s Institutions
“The school boards are the key that picks the lock,” said former Trump advisor Steve Bannon in August of last year. Bannon, along with other vocal conservatives, has been avidly pushing for takeovers of local political institutions such as school boards—and they’re winning. The recall failure trend ended on February 15th, 2022, when San Francisco […]
Prescribed Burns As The Solution To California’s Increasingly Incendiary Forests
The weather has been a running joke for residents of San Francisco. Karl, the name they have given their fog, blankets their sky year-round. There is no snow season (it has snowed six times in the last 150 years.) And, due to California’s historic drought, residents of The City are losing their rainy season. But […]