Scott Ostler

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D'Oh! Scott Ostler Good at Column-Writing, Bad at Math

Michael Macor/ChronicleBoth Chronicle columnist Scott Ostler and your humble narrator would be embarrassed if I admitted how old I was when I began reading his column. And while he's proven to have the ability to crank 'em out of the park editorially, it seems like Ostler is still in Spring Training ... More >>

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Numbers guy and Stanford MBA Paraag Marathe has become a scapegoat for the 49ers' failure, but he's really the future of the NFL

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Ray Ratto

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A cannabis club in the Fangxaminer building. This could explain a lot.

Dog Bites

Logan Five! Identify!; And the Winner Is ...

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Caen and Less Than Able

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IKEA, Party of Five, heavenly coffee, and bumpin' Bernal Heights bus shelters

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Golden handshakes, cat scans and tree controversy

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How to tell whether the San Francisco Chronicle is becoming a great newspaper, or another nondescript Hearst money-machine

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How to tell whether the San Francisco Chronicle is becoming a great newspaper, or another nondescript Hearst money-machine

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How to tell whether the San Francisco Chronicle is becoming a great newspaper, or another nondescript Hearst money-machine

Lefty O'Doul's Arm To Be Reattached Today

The real Lefty, with his lefty intact...​The combination of sports, drunkenness, a piano bar, and a mannequin was apparently too much for several bar patrons at Lefty O'Doul's three years back. They wrenched off Lefty's lefty, and scampered off into the San Francisco night. The Chronicle's Scott O ... More >>