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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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ABAG's housing demands for local cities are too much
Oct 28, 2020 11:48 am
Comments: 34 | Views: 15,856
==I NOTE: I am worried and upset about our coming election. I see voters around the country being deprived of their right to vote -- one drop box per county, a U.S.... More
Oct 28, 2020 11:48 am
Comments: 34 | Views: 15,856
==I NOTE: I am worried and upset about our coming election. I see voters around the country being deprived of their right to vote -- one drop box per county, a U.S.... More
Remembrance of things past: former Stanford president, Donald Kennedy
Apr 27, 2020 2:59 pm
Comments: 8 | Views: 15,849
I once had the privilege of working for Donald Kennedy. It was shortly after he became president of Stanford in 1980, and I had just started working in the Office... More
Apr 27, 2020 2:59 pm
Comments: 8 | Views: 15,849
I once had the privilege of working for Donald Kennedy. It was shortly after he became president of Stanford in 1980, and I had just started working in the Office... More
Americans are angrier this year. Are hate groups contributing to the anger?
Nov 20, 2021 11:54 am
Comments: 49 | Views: 15,816
We Americans are angry, locally and nationally. We have become meaner, more demanding, more defensive and more intolerant. But we also do feel more entitled.
This... More
Nov 20, 2021 11:54 am
Comments: 49 | Views: 15,816
We Americans are angry, locally and nationally. We have become meaner, more demanding, more defensive and more intolerant. But we also do feel more entitled.
This... More
Are city officials cluttering up our streets?
Aug 28, 2018 12:04 pm
Comments: 31 | Views: 15,763
Do you know that Palo Alto has a “Complete Streets” program? Until last week, I hadn’t heard this term. But council members adopted this complete... More
Aug 28, 2018 12:04 pm
Comments: 31 | Views: 15,763
Do you know that Palo Alto has a “Complete Streets” program? Until last week, I hadn’t heard this term. But council members adopted this complete... More
Abortion in America: a new perspective
Jul 20, 2021 3:38 pm
Comments: 9 | Views: 15,756
I have never quite understood why the issue of abortion has suddenly erupted into a national issue across America, requiring politicians and presidents to state... More
Jul 20, 2021 3:38 pm
Comments: 9 | Views: 15,756
I have never quite understood why the issue of abortion has suddenly erupted into a national issue across America, requiring politicians and presidents to state... More
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