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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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We must change our gun culture in America
May 31, 2022 7:03 pm
Comments: 81 | Views: 16,836
We live in a country in love with guns – significantly more than any other country in the world. Many Americans idolize them. This gun reverence has worsened the... More
May 31, 2022 7:03 pm
Comments: 81 | Views: 16,836
We live in a country in love with guns – significantly more than any other country in the world. Many Americans idolize them. This gun reverence has worsened the... More
Gas use or gas ban? Consider all the good -- and bad -- effects
Sep 1, 2021 1:03 pm
Comments: 36 | Views: 16,810
We make community decisions all the time. Sometimes we vote "yes" because it seems like the PC way to act. But oftentimes in our patriotic environmental... More
Sep 1, 2021 1:03 pm
Comments: 36 | Views: 16,810
We make community decisions all the time. Sometimes we vote "yes" because it seems like the PC way to act. But oftentimes in our patriotic environmental... More
Please stop interrupting me!
Right? Wrong?
Oct 6, 2021 4:34 pm
Comments: 5 | Views: 16,754
Some people are shy. They don't talk much. Some people like to talk; some love to talk, and talk, oftentimes without seemingly coming up for a breath of air. Some... More
Oct 6, 2021 4:34 pm
Comments: 5 | Views: 16,754
Some people are shy. They don't talk much. Some people like to talk; some love to talk, and talk, oftentimes without seemingly coming up for a breath of air. Some... More
Jumping on a bandwagon that ends up breaking down
Oct 21, 2021 3:14 pm
Comments: 22 | Views: 16,654
This is the environmental way to go. This is the solution to managing our traffic problems. This is the appropriate way to use -- and save -- energy in our community.... More
Oct 21, 2021 3:14 pm
Comments: 22 | Views: 16,654
This is the environmental way to go. This is the solution to managing our traffic problems. This is the appropriate way to use -- and save -- energy in our community.... More
Palo Alto officials: Stop milking us for more money!
Sep 28, 2021 4:50 pm
Comments: 20 | Views: 16,634
Once again, another utilities rate hike is in store for Palo Alto residents, courtesy of our city manager and council. Will these almost annual hikes never stop?... More
Sep 28, 2021 4:50 pm
Comments: 20 | Views: 16,634
Once again, another utilities rate hike is in store for Palo Alto residents, courtesy of our city manager and council. Will these almost annual hikes never stop?... More
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