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Memories of a Special Christmas Prayer Dec 30, 2025

As I child I hated the word. "Wait," my mother would say. "Just wait," my father would echo. "Put the present back," my grandmother would tell me. "You have to learn to wait for Christmas, sonny boy." And I would reluctantly place the... Read More

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In the Dark in San Francisco Dec 30, 2025

We were at my brother's residence in San Mateo County, just south of San Francisco — watching the college football playoffs — when my sister, who lives in San Francisco's Richmond District, where I was planning on spending the night, text... Read More

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Three Geniuses of the 'Silent' Generation Dec 29, 2025

The strange house on 23rd Street — a trapezoid of plywood, shower glass and chain link fence — was the laughingstock of our Santa Monica neighborhood. Even Frank Gehry's gardener joked about the architect owner: "Poor Mr. Gehry." Years la... Read More

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They've Lost the Plot Dec 29, 2025

On the day the Justice Department arrested several men for trying to smuggle NVIDIA chips into China, the president announced the United States would permit NVIDIA to sell its advanced graphics processing units to China. The United States, by most es... Read More