The self-driving future has arrived in San Francisco. And, increasingly and all too often, it looks like a confounded cop, road flare in hand, commanding a wayward autonomous vehicle as if it were a misbehaving, two-ton puppy.
Mere possession of a pot pipe is a misdemeanor with a potential one year jail stay. Making or selling a bong, however, is a felony with up to nine years in prison and a $30,000 fine.
In my lifetime, it is easy to recall the last time a Republican President handed over the Oval Office to a Republican President-Elect: it was Ronald Reagan completing eight years of rule and turning it over to his Vice President George H.W. Bush to rule for another four.
