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City agencies need to see landlords for what they truly are—as, at best, potential predators, if not actual ones. And to act aggressively on that knowledge. As Niccolo Machiavelli warned: “All those...
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SALUTING THE AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11: PART ONE (OF THREE)
It’s that time of year again–-yet another anniversary celebration of September 11, 2001. The day when Islamic terrorists slammed two jetliners into the World Trade Center and a third into the...
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SALUTING THE AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11: PART TWO (OF THREE)
September 11, 2023, marks the 22nd anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on United States soil. Inevitably, this is a time to remember all those whose lives were so cruelly snuffed out. But it...
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SALUTING THE AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11: PART THREE (END)
Colonel Brandt: “I wonder what we’ll do after we lose the war.” Captain Kiesel: “Prepare for the next one.” –-“The Cross of Iron,” film by Sam Peckinpah On September 12, 2001, President George W. Bush...
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CREATING SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING: PART TWO (OF THREE)
“We investigate complaints of building code violations and compel building owners to fix the violations.” So boasts the website for the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection (DBI). Yet...
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CREATING SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING: PART THREE (END)
To create safe and affordable housing for their citizens, city agencies need to see landlords for what they truly are—as, at best, potential predators, if not actual ones. And to act aggressively on...
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SALUTING THE AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11: PART ONE (OF THREE)
It’s that time of year again–-yet another anniversary celebration of September 11, 2001. The day when Islamic terrorists slammed two jetliners into the World Trade Center and a third into the...
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SALUTING THE AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11: PART TWO (OF THREE)
September 11, 2024, marked the 23rd anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on United States soil. Inevitably, this is a time to remember all those whose lives were so cruelly snuffed out. But it...
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SALUTING THE AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11: PART THREE (END)
Colonel Brandt: “I wonder what we’ll do after we lose the war.” Captain Kiesel: “Prepare for the next one.” –-“The Cross of Iron,” film by Sam Peckinpah On September 12, 2001, President George W....
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