Chargers host rivals in battle of top powers

To start off the 2010 football season, two teams will finish off 2009 business tonight.

Personality Test: Phipps' Molly Steinwald

Molly Steinwald recently was hired as associate director of science education at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Oakland. She is working on infusing current science, research and best practices into Phipps' programs for preschool through graduate age students, expanding offerings for teachers, and emphasizing participatory and interdisciplinary learning for all.

Josh Horwitz: A Champion of Federal Power

America is currently engaged in a fierce debate about the proper role of government in our constitutional republic. Conservative Americans--particularly the Tea Party movement--have advocated...

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How Malthus drove the Discovery Channel gunman crazy

The greatest pessimist in economic history has been wrong for 200 years, but he's still freaking people out