Talk of the Point

Imagine my surprise when I discovered that Point Richmond has no entry in Wikipedia. The city of Richmond has one, as do Point Pinole, the Bay Trail, Rosie the Riveter, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, and pit bulls.

Wikipedia is the ever-more-popular “open source” online encyclopedia. It’s read around the world, and many articles come in […]

I took a break to think about nice cannoli.

My neighbor Jeff Anderson’s friend Heather runs a blog from London. You know what she’s writing about this week. Read an American’s perspective.

Richmond city councilwoman Gayle McGlaughlin racked up points with me with her Contra Costa Times op-ed piece on the city’s state of emergency.

Then she lost a point with her ugly website. No doubt a redesign is in the works.

The proposal to declare a state of emergency in Richmond reminds of that movie “The Russians are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!” The landing party from the Soviet submarine are prepared to chase away suspicious locals by crying in heavily accented unison, “Emergency! Everybody to get from street! Emergency!”