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About this blog: So much is right — and wrong — about what is happening in Palo Alto. In this blog I want to discuss all that with you. I know many residents care about this town, and I want to explore our collective interests to help ... (More)
About this blog: So much is right — and wrong — about what is happening in Palo Alto. In this blog I want to discuss all that with you. I know many residents care about this town, and I want to explore our collective interests to help do the right thing. My goal with this blog is to help the public better understand what really is happening, and more important, how residents living here may be affected by these local decisions. I've been a journalist most of my life, first as a reporter and then managing editor of a Chicago newspaper, followed by a wonderful year at Stanford as a recipient of Knight Journalism Fellowship. I then went to the San Jose Mercury as an editorial writer and columnist. I also worked for the State Bar of California as the first editor in chief of "California Lawyer" magazine, and then spent a decade at Stanford involved in public issues affecting the university. In the late 1990s, I sequentially wrote columns for all three local newspapers here in Palo Alto. Born in a small community on Long Island, I attended Middlebury College, graduated from the University of Michigan, got married, had four boys in four years, and then started working. I moved to Palo Alto in 1979, and have been involved in the community on several nonprofit boards. (Hide)
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What’s wrong with this picture? PA city manager earns more than the president!
May 5, 2020 12:11 pm
Comments: 49 | Views: 24,625
It’s just our money that the City of Palo Alto is spending, so why should we get concerned? But I am, because this week I saw what the city staff and particularly... More
May 5, 2020 12:11 pm
Comments: 49 | Views: 24,625
It’s just our money that the City of Palo Alto is spending, so why should we get concerned? But I am, because this week I saw what the city staff and particularly... More
Are parents coddling their kids too much?
Jan 1, 2019 2:13 pm
Comments: 28 | Views: 24,472
Consider the following: Teens, the past couple of years, are complaining more and more that they are stressed out, overworked, and feel bad whenever they are criticized... More
Jan 1, 2019 2:13 pm
Comments: 28 | Views: 24,472
Consider the following: Teens, the past couple of years, are complaining more and more that they are stressed out, overworked, and feel bad whenever they are criticized... More
When will this end?
May 12, 2020 1:11 pm
Comments: 56 | Views: 23,178
Who would have ever thought that a tiny little virus, a microorganism, would have the wherewithal to cause our entire world to come to a standstill? Hundreds of... More
May 12, 2020 1:11 pm
Comments: 56 | Views: 23,178
Who would have ever thought that a tiny little virus, a microorganism, would have the wherewithal to cause our entire world to come to a standstill? Hundreds of... More
Be careful what you call me.
Mar 25, 2019 2:12 pm
Comments: 23 | Views: 23,106
Please don’t call me a “lady.” Or collectively address my friends and myself as “ladies.” Oftentimes, I get emails that start off with “Dear Ladies.”... More
Mar 25, 2019 2:12 pm
Comments: 23 | Views: 23,106
Please don’t call me a “lady.” Or collectively address my friends and myself as “ladies.” Oftentimes, I get emails that start off with “Dear Ladies.”... More
I am bored. Are you?
Aug 25, 2020 1:29 pm
Comments: 31 | Views: 23,052
It's been five months now of self-isolation, thanks to the coronavirus. And I am bored.
It's not that I am not doing things -- like four or five zoom meetings... More
Aug 25, 2020 1:29 pm
Comments: 31 | Views: 23,052
It's been five months now of self-isolation, thanks to the coronavirus. And I am bored.
It's not that I am not doing things -- like four or five zoom meetings... More
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