by Rupen Das | Oct 31, 2012 | Opinion
As violence rocked the center of Beirut again and as I have watched the crisis in Syria unfold with all its horrors, I’ve wondered where does God fit into all of this? The fear and anxiety is palpable. The political narrative has changed from a people genuinely...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Oct 30, 2012 | Opinion
I am eagerly anticipating the November elections. Not because I am ready for the candidates and propositions I support to win, but because I am ready for the campaign season to be over. Thanks to ubiquitous news coverage, “my cup runneth over” with debates...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 29, 2012 | Opinion
It seems lame to say — after they swept the Detroit Tigers to win the World Series — that I was pulling for the San Francisco Giants. The odd thing is how I came to care. Photo: Russell Yip, The Chronicle / SF Baseball is not generally high on my radar...
by Joe Phelps | Oct 29, 2012 | Opinion
We left the Hotel Oujda at 6:30 a.m. to catch the train to Fez. It was a relief to check out of the 1970s-looking hotel that could qualify as shabby-chic if the owners had been going for that look intentionally. There are many fine hotels in Morocco. This wasn’t...
by Martin Accad | Oct 29, 2012 | Opinion
There is an issue in our Arab region these days that has become so blatantly intolerable that most people seem to have instinctively shut off their natural capacity to see it or to talk about it: the situation of “domestic workers.” Both those responsible...
by Robert Parham | Oct 29, 2012 | Opinion
The 2012 presidential election is the “most important election of our lifetime.” So claim candidates and their supporters. Lefties make that claim. Righties make that claim. Preachers make that claim. “We’re at the tipping point…...
