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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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Union demands too many:
Open up the schools now!
Feb 21, 2021 5:28 pm
Comments: 27 | Views: 15,350
Should teachers be prioritized over others to get the coronavirus vaccine? Most of us would probably say yes, BUT… and there’s usually a “but” about most... More
Feb 21, 2021 5:28 pm
Comments: 27 | Views: 15,350
Should teachers be prioritized over others to get the coronavirus vaccine? Most of us would probably say yes, BUT… and there’s usually a “but” about most... More
Can you hear me yet?
Feb 12, 2021 1:59 pm
Comments: 5 | Views: 15,178
Scene —
Ten members of the “Over 50” club, each sitting in front of their computer, trying to participate in a meeting on Zoom.
Janice: “Can... More
Feb 12, 2021 1:59 pm
Comments: 5 | Views: 15,178
Scene —
Ten members of the “Over 50” club, each sitting in front of their computer, trying to participate in a meeting on Zoom.
Janice: “Can... More
Pesky annoyances are hurting medical clinics — and they need to be solved
Feb 3, 2021 12:43 pm
Comments: 17 | Views: 14,837
The medical profession tries to run customer-friendly efficient clinics, and in some areas — like phone call reminders of upcoming visits,— they do a... More
Feb 3, 2021 12:43 pm
Comments: 17 | Views: 14,837
The medical profession tries to run customer-friendly efficient clinics, and in some areas — like phone call reminders of upcoming visits,— they do a... More
A lot can happen in one year — or — it isn’t what it used to be
Jan 27, 2021 1:26 pm
Comments: 2 | Views: 13,560
I am amazed at how our lives have changed around the world because of one stupid virus, that keeps on morphing away so that it becomes more and more contagious.
... More
Jan 27, 2021 1:26 pm
Comments: 2 | Views: 13,560
I am amazed at how our lives have changed around the world because of one stupid virus, that keeps on morphing away so that it becomes more and more contagious.
... More
Inaugural reflections
Jan 20, 2021 12:15 pm
Comments: 39 | Views: 14,988
The rapid repair of the country’s Capitol shows what our country can do. By Inauguration Day it was repaired, and bedecked with furling flags, appropriate... More
Jan 20, 2021 12:15 pm
Comments: 39 | Views: 14,988
The rapid repair of the country’s Capitol shows what our country can do. By Inauguration Day it was repaired, and bedecked with furling flags, appropriate... More
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