Pete Golis
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- Sep 2, 2026
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Golis: Still seeking joy anywhere we can find it (opens the original)
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Last year I wrote about the neighborhood rock snake. People find joy where they can, I wrote then, even if it means hand-painting a rock to share with neighbors. At the time, the rock snake was home to 97 painted rocks. As of Aug. 26, it consisted of 679 painted rocks. No less than 679 times, one person or another took the time — without fanfare — to select a rock, paint it and add it to the rock snake. Many of the designs show talent, originality and a sense of humor. “Sometimes I slow down and
Golis: Politicians can’t make housing affordable (opens the original)
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Do you believe the price of housing will come down to earth because Congress passed a housing bill? Still, the bipartisan bill that recently passed is a lot better than nothing. After so long, it at least signals that Congress understands what a housing shortage means for prices. The measure is the first significant housing legislation to come out of Washington in decades. The bill itself is a grab-bag of measures that, among other things, reduces barriers to manufactured housing and provides ca
Golis: Will you be ready for the Bay Area's next fire? (opens the original)
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A friend on her way from Minnesota to Southern California spent a few minutes each morning re-calibrating her route, hoping to avoid the wildfires that are plaguing the American west. Local fires this week testify to the wisdom contained in staff writer Marisa Endicott’s June 22 story. “Emergency officials are gearing up for a long fire season,” it said, “ and so should you.” “Extreme heat raises wildfire fears,” warned the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday. Suggest climate change is to blame, and
Golis: Willy Loman and the American dream (opens the original)
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NEW YORK CITY — There will be no parades or fireworks for Willy Loman, but “Death of Salesman” feels as relevant today as it must have felt when it was first brought to the stage. That was 77 years ago. Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, after all, captures the fragility of the American dream, and in the intervening years, we’ve come to know what that can mean. As Americans, we are celebrating this weekend the anniversary of a grand experiment in democracy, but we know the experiment
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