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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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Let’s blame car drivers, not the pedestrians wearing black clothes!!??
Feb 22, 2019 11:17 am
Comments: 25 | Views: 20,376
A recent car column by Gary Richards in the Mercury News offered a reader suggestion that pedestrians and bicyclists should avoid wearing black clothes at night,... More
Feb 22, 2019 11:17 am
Comments: 25 | Views: 20,376
A recent car column by Gary Richards in the Mercury News offered a reader suggestion that pedestrians and bicyclists should avoid wearing black clothes at night,... More
Terribly mixed messages about COVID-19 -- who to believe and how careful should we be?
Sep 10, 2020 1:38 pm
Comments: 22 | Views: 20,286
I am very confused because of the mixed messages I've been getting about the coronavirus. On Tuesday, the NYT reported that studies show that we all should continue... More
Sep 10, 2020 1:38 pm
Comments: 22 | Views: 20,286
I am very confused because of the mixed messages I've been getting about the coronavirus. On Tuesday, the NYT reported that studies show that we all should continue... More
Constantly coping with the virus: We need a total lockdown now
Aug 11, 2020 4:21 pm
Comments: 58 | Views: 19,825
We can't go on like this. Weeks go by, and then months, and instead of getting better, more and more of us have gotten the coronavirus -- or have died. The nationwide... More
Aug 11, 2020 4:21 pm
Comments: 58 | Views: 19,825
We can't go on like this. Weeks go by, and then months, and instead of getting better, more and more of us have gotten the coronavirus -- or have died. The nationwide... More
Palo Alto City Council: Get rid of police encryption! Now! Please!
Feb 22, 2022 12:44 pm
Comments: 16 | Views: 19,795
How long will it take the Palo Alto City Council to discuss the police encryption problem? When will the city’s top staff members stop saying that encryption must... More
Feb 22, 2022 12:44 pm
Comments: 16 | Views: 19,795
How long will it take the Palo Alto City Council to discuss the police encryption problem? When will the city’s top staff members stop saying that encryption must... More
Comcast, what are you doing to us?
Jun 23, 2022 11:41 am
Comments: 17 | Views: 19,618
The problems started a week ago – it was a Tuesday. I was sitting in front of my computer when I suddenly could not connect to any internet site. And across the... More
Jun 23, 2022 11:41 am
Comments: 17 | Views: 19,618
The problems started a week ago – it was a Tuesday. I was sitting in front of my computer when I suddenly could not connect to any internet site. And across the... More
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