Brian Watt

5 days ago | kqed.org | Jared Servantez |Katie DeBenedetti |Brian Watt |Ethan Toven-Lindsey

May 9Failed to save articlePlease try againTens of thousands of Bay Area transit riders woke up Friday to find no BART service at all. Above, a BART train at the Civic Center station is shown last year. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)Updated 10:15 a.m.BART has resumed service across its entire system after an hours-long outage Friday morning forced tens of thousands of riders to find other ways to get around the Bay Area.

2 weeks ago | ricochet.com | Brian Watt

This one is for you. Sometimes removing a corrupt and dishonest bureaucrat is like removing a tick that burrows further into the skin. One quite nasty pest, Susan Rice, managed to burrow into the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee sometime before President Trump’s inauguration, presumably still with Top Secret clearance since she was a former national security advisor and, for a time, a prospect to become the secretary of state.

1 month ago | ricochet.com | Brian Watt

Please note that members of the military and, in particular, commissioned officers can be relieved of duty by the Secretary of Defense and the Commander-in-Chief at any time. They don’t need to provide a reason or an extensive explanation of why they are doing so. And as much as this action may irritate them, they don’t need the permission of egomaniacal district court judges.

2 months ago | kqed.org | Brian Watt |Alexander Gonzalez

Failed to save articlePlease try againRobert Moses, choreographer, writer and composer, poses for a photo at ODC Dance Commons in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2025. His latest work, ‘The Kennings,’ explores themes of race, gender, war and human rights, also blends dance, theater and music. When Robert Moses founded the dance company KIN in San Francisco in 1995, he sought to create art inspiring social change — with pieces exploring contemporary issues of class, gender and race.

2 months ago | ricochet.com | Brian Watt

Jessica Tarlov is the token Democrat talking head often appearing on the Fox News program The Five surrounded by four more level-headed center-right and conservative commentators including Jesse Watters, Greg Gutfeld, Judge Jeanine Pirro, and often Dana Perino. It’s a thankless job but someone must do it. Typically, when Tarlov is unavailable, Harold Ford, Jr., a calmer and much saner thinker, takes the Democrat seat at the table.