In a 1993 short story by Tobias Wolff, an obit columnist loses his job when one of his subjects turns up alive. Though Obituary, Hulu’s blacker than black dramedy of journalistic manners, doesn’t echo Wolff precisely, its ironies are of a similar kind. To write about death all day is a dangerous business. One never knows how one’s life might change.

Former Rep. George Santos was unceremoniously expelled from Congress last week for crimes he allegedly committed and essentially being a pathological liar. Objectively, anyone familiar with Santos's falsehoods probably wouldn’t object to his expulsion except for two possible reasons: inconsistencies and double standards. Santos might have committed crimes, and he repeatedly lied to seemingly everyone. However, Santos was not the only member of Congress to do so — including several who remain in office and escaped any punishment thus far.

Since I had enlisted in December, each 834th Engineers Christmas party marked the end of a year of service. I miss those times and those men.

A fence is not a natural place to sit, whether chain link or picket. The metaphor of "fence-sitting" has long connoted something improper, or at least unfitting.

“This never used to happen,” United States Postal Service letter carrier Edward Fletcher told SFGate at a National Association of Letter Carriers rally in San Francisco. “I did carry mail for over 15 years, and it was unheard of that a letter carrier would get robbed.”

The moral degeneracy of the presidents of three prestigious universities who recently refused to condemn calls for genocide clearly is symptomatic of a larger problem. The long-term solution must be to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion bureaucracies and policies, root and branch, from higher education.

Hunter Biden's attorney said Thursday that his client would not be facing charges out of Delaware and California if he was not the son of President Biden.

California is facing what a nonpartisan budget group says is a "severe revenue decline," and a record $68 billion budget deficit as its citizens continue moving to GOP-run states.

The federal indictment against Hunter Biden in California contained a number of salacious details on how the president's son spent his money while not paying taxes.