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If you missed last month's 21st annual San Francisco Flower and

If what happened at the U.S. Olympic trials is any indication, the London Olympics will be pulsing with splendid drama.

It's difficult to justify long-held ideologies when reality

I am grateful. I have a lot to draw on trying to navigate my future as, "Papa." My Italian and Irish grandparents were close at hand - I could ride my bike to both homes while I was a young whippersnapper - and did so often. I could even get to my grandfather Derry's business, just to say hello or, as I got older, lend a hand around Derry's Feed and Fuel, which smelled like a mixture of alfalfa, hay and rabbit pellets. More importantly, in the geography of the heart, my grandparents drew the map.

As further proof that the end of Western civilization as we know

The panic in Sacramento this fall has been every bit as severe

Back in the old days, say 2001 or 2002, it was easier to be the