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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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Why does it take Palo Alto so long to get things done?
Jun 18, 2021 12:57 pm
Comments: 21 | Views: 15,101
A recent headline in one of the local papers declared “City moves swiftly to …” A local city moves swiftly! Wow! I say. Because to me, local cities... More
Jun 18, 2021 12:57 pm
Comments: 21 | Views: 15,101
A recent headline in one of the local papers declared “City moves swiftly to …” A local city moves swiftly! Wow! I say. Because to me, local cities... More
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
A quiz: So how much do you really know about Palo Alto?
Jun 2, 2021 12:09 pm
Comments: 10 | Views: 19,609
It’s a local newly created zoom game. A small group of Rotary Club of Palo Alto members
played it last Friday evening. President Ben Threlkeld, O.D., an optometrist... More
Jun 2, 2021 12:09 pm
Comments: 10 | Views: 19,609
It’s a local newly created zoom game. A small group of Rotary Club of Palo Alto members
played it last Friday evening. President Ben Threlkeld, O.D., an optometrist... More
Gov. Newsom: Impose water use restrictions NOW.
City Council: Vote on police encryption ASAP
May 25, 2021 1:51 pm
Comments: 16 | Views: 15,236
Why hasn’t Gov. Gavin Newsom declared that we should immediately start cutting down our water usage because California will have a devastating drought this... More
May 25, 2021 1:51 pm
Comments: 16 | Views: 15,236
Why hasn’t Gov. Gavin Newsom declared that we should immediately start cutting down our water usage because California will have a devastating drought this... More
Police departments using PR techniques to justify their actions
May 18, 2021 2:13 pm
Comments: 8 | Views: 15,057
I am concerned. Police departments around the country are circling their wagons because of recent public criticisms about their officers’ wrongdoings, most notably... More
May 18, 2021 2:13 pm
Comments: 8 | Views: 15,057
I am concerned. Police departments around the country are circling their wagons because of recent public criticisms about their officers’ wrongdoings, most notably... More
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