“When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional.” – Hunter S. Thompson The pandemic has generated waves of anxiety and depression, but it has…
Posts published by “Jonah Raskin”
About 20 years ago, Ed, my therapist, who was also a Tibetan Buddhist lama, assured me that the next big thing in my life would…
It’s an overcast Friday in San Francisco and Starr Sutherland is eating French toast with lots of butter and maple syrup at Sea Breeze, his favorite…
I had wanted to interview Judge Faulder for many years. The occasion never presented itself, though I had observed him in the courtroom, spoken with…
It’s a hot quiet weekday morning in Falls City, Oregon, which is more of a town than a city, at least by the standards of…
“Are you lonely tonight?” If you are a senior you probably are, according to Carla Perissinotto, a doctor and a professor of medicine at the…
In the late 1980s I felt guilty about using an old boys’ network to secure a teaching position at Sonoma State University (SSU), a branch…
I. Unceded Ohlone Land If you’ve attended a recent public event at a library in San Francisco you’ve probably heard someone on stage tell the…
“It’s Juneteenth everybody,” Kevin Dublin, an African American poet, said to the downtown poetry enthusiasts at the upscale Kimpton Alton Hotel in San Francisco near…