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Nick Hoppe's columns appeared for many years every Tuesday on the back page of the Datebook section in the San Francisco Chronicle. He retired from the weekly grind in 2019 and now posts columns online only when the spirit moves him, which is every two or three weeks. Or sometimes longer. His father, former San Francisco Chronicle and nationally syndicated columnist Arthur Hoppe, wrote for a living. Fortunately,  Nick has other means of support. His topics include business columns relating to the common absurdities of owning a business (he owns restaurants and retail stores throughout  California), general lifestyle columns, and travel columns.
But no matter what he is writing about, rest assured that he is not taking it too seriously.

ONLY THE LIAR
KNOWS THE TRUTH
(Posted April 23, 2025)
   We've become a nation of liars.
   I humbly believe it all began in 1967, when Donald Trump and I watched the movie, "A Guide for the Married Man," starring Walter Matthau and Inger Stevens. I doubt anyone remembers it except for me and Don, so I'll fill you in.
   Walter Matthau plays a character who pesters his philandering friend on how to cheat on your wife. The answer is basically to deny, deny, deny.
   The scene that sticks in Don's and my memory is when Walter's wife, Inger Stevens, walks in when Walter is in bed with another woman. Naturally, Inger goes batty, yelling and screaming. But Walter is unperturbed, and he and his date quietly get out of bed and get dressed.... (Continue)

 

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