Dear Mr. President,

I understand that you're extremely busy with Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, and the recent bombings in London, but as a patriotic American, I believe it to be my duty to alert you to an even more horrible and powerful enemy that is clearly trying to corrupt and dismantle our treasured democracy: The Sun. As you may be aware, we are currently being bombarded by solar flares. I'm not a rocket scientist, Mr. President, but this seems pretty clear-cut to me. For reference, I've ... read more

San Francisco is a very tolerant place, but I've often wondered how difficult it is for natives of the area to stomach that song by Starship "We Built This City."

You think about songs like "Tonight, Tonight" by Smashing Pumpkins, which is a love song to Chicago ("Nothing's ever fake / In the city by the lake"). Or the spirit of Nirvana to Seattle. Hell... even those Boston boys who wear their city pride right on the front of every album. And what does San Francisco get? They get STA... read more