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The 2016 presidential campaign drags on and on. As we grit our teeth at the prospect of six more months of Donald Trump tweets, it’s useful to look back on the past 12 months and consider what we’ve learned about Republicans. -more-

Television advertising and programming promote narcissism. Our culture is one that respects power, being able-bodied, not having "weakness," and other warped ideas of supposed human perfection that don't stand up to enlightened scrutiny. The concept that says, you are "unfit" if you need a medicine to survive, is a flawed concept. -more-

My wife and I arrived in San Francisco in 1971. Since at least that time, getting the homeless into housing or shelters has been a "concern" or a "priority" for every administration. Yet, the number of homeless keeps increasing from about 6,248 in 2005 to about 6,686 in 2015. -more-