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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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Coping with a tragedy — without coddling ourselves
Jun 9, 2021 12:45 pm
Comments: 9 | Views: 14,624
Several years ago, I had lunch with a local police chief and realized he was a bit silent. “Everything okay?” I asked. “Well, not quite,”... More
Jun 9, 2021 12:45 pm
Comments: 9 | Views: 14,624
Several years ago, I had lunch with a local police chief and realized he was a bit silent. “Everything okay?” I asked. “Well, not quite,”... More
Palo Alto: an “all-electric city”? Such a quandary for me
Aug 19, 2022 11:31 am
Comments: 124 | Views: 14,577
Palo Alto City Council is pushing hard to have this city become “all-electric.” It is an attempt to slow down global climate change. It sounds great,... More
Aug 19, 2022 11:31 am
Comments: 124 | Views: 14,577
Palo Alto City Council is pushing hard to have this city become “all-electric.” It is an attempt to slow down global climate change. It sounds great,... More
Democracy and our police departments
Oct 13, 2021 4:47 pm
Comments: 15 | Views: 14,467
"Democracy is very fragile," David Kennedy, noted historian and emeritus professor at Stanford, said a couple of years ago at a class of his I attended. The loss... More
Oct 13, 2021 4:47 pm
Comments: 15 | Views: 14,467
"Democracy is very fragile," David Kennedy, noted historian and emeritus professor at Stanford, said a couple of years ago at a class of his I attended. The loss... More
Why you may not read this column
May 10, 2021 7:37 pm
Comments: 25 | Views: 14,462
Only 10 percent (+ or –2%) of American adults get their daily news from either a newspaper or a TV news show. That means the rest of us don’t. And many... More
May 10, 2021 7:37 pm
Comments: 25 | Views: 14,462
Only 10 percent (+ or –2%) of American adults get their daily news from either a newspaper or a TV news show. That means the rest of us don’t. And many... More
Can you read cursive? Do you know why democratic values are important?
Apr 12, 2022 1:35 pm
Comments: 77 | Views: 14,393
“I don’t read cursive,” the CVS store clerk said to me when I handed my friend’s somewhat undecipherable shopping list over, asking her what she thought... More
Apr 12, 2022 1:35 pm
Comments: 77 | Views: 14,393
“I don’t read cursive,” the CVS store clerk said to me when I handed my friend’s somewhat undecipherable shopping list over, asking her what she thought... More
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