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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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Time to tighten up the PA city council meetings
Dec 2, 2020 12:28 pm
Comments: 8 | Views: 13,498
When I mention to my friends that I usually watch the Palo Alto City Council meetings on Monday nights, their quick response: "How can you stand it!" Their... More
Dec 2, 2020 12:28 pm
Comments: 8 | Views: 13,498
When I mention to my friends that I usually watch the Palo Alto City Council meetings on Monday nights, their quick response: "How can you stand it!" Their... More
Gates sets an example for local billionaires to emulate
Nov 24, 2020 1:01 pm
Comments: 5 | Views: 13,486
I have always admired Bill Gates, founder and former CEO of Microsoft Corp., second richest man in the world, for all the billions of dollars he and his wife, Melinda,... More
Nov 24, 2020 1:01 pm
Comments: 5 | Views: 13,486
I have always admired Bill Gates, founder and former CEO of Microsoft Corp., second richest man in the world, for all the billions of dollars he and his wife, Melinda,... More
Biden wins -- but by a smaller margin -- Is this a better way to do it?
Nov 18, 2020 11:54 am
Comments: 14 | Views: 16,133
Last week I wrote about the Electoral College, acknowledging that while it caused problems, and twice in recent years elected candidates whose vote totals were lower... More
Nov 18, 2020 11:54 am
Comments: 14 | Views: 16,133
Last week I wrote about the Electoral College, acknowledging that while it caused problems, and twice in recent years elected candidates whose vote totals were lower... More
Are our elections unfair? Should we fix them? What will work?
Nov 10, 2020 12:18 pm
Comments: 53 | Views: 21,767
All it took was one sentence on p. 3 of Saturday's, Nov. 7, NYT to finally convince me that my long-held stance on eliminating the Electoral College in the U.S.... More
Nov 10, 2020 12:18 pm
Comments: 53 | Views: 21,767
All it took was one sentence on p. 3 of Saturday's, Nov. 7, NYT to finally convince me that my long-held stance on eliminating the Electoral College in the U.S.... More
My many questions after such a close election
Nov 5, 2020 9:28 am
Comments: 51 | Views: 15,387
As I write this, the election itself is over, the results are almost in, no one has been declared a presidential winner yet, and I am left with a series of questions... More
Nov 5, 2020 9:28 am
Comments: 51 | Views: 15,387
As I write this, the election itself is over, the results are almost in, no one has been declared a presidential winner yet, and I am left with a series of questions... More
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