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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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Reminiscences of the presidents I met in real time
Feb 27, 2023 4:39 pm
Comments: 10 | Views: 5,401
As 98-year-old former President Jimmy Carter lies on his bed, hospice by his side, I thought back and recalled the first and only time I met him years ago. And that... More
Feb 27, 2023 4:39 pm
Comments: 10 | Views: 5,401
As 98-year-old former President Jimmy Carter lies on his bed, hospice by his side, I thought back and recalled the first and only time I met him years ago. And that... More
America‘s crises are escalating. What can we do?
Feb 20, 2023 2:30 pm
Comments: 33 | Views: 6,943
Passivity prevails. During the past several years, two new crises – increased violence and an acceptance of political (and personal) lying in our country are... More
Feb 20, 2023 2:30 pm
Comments: 33 | Views: 6,943
Passivity prevails. During the past several years, two new crises – increased violence and an acceptance of political (and personal) lying in our country are... More
Ban the noise in Palo Alto?
Feb 11, 2023 1:50 pm
Comments: 34 | Views: 7,899
Last week, an array of residents deplored the noise emitted from gas leaf blowers, claiming they are destroying “the quality of life” in our fair city.
One... More
Feb 11, 2023 1:50 pm
Comments: 34 | Views: 7,899
Last week, an array of residents deplored the noise emitted from gas leaf blowers, claiming they are destroying “the quality of life” in our fair city.
One... More
Can the Memphis police behavior ever happen here?
Feb 1, 2023 5:27 pm
Comments: 47 | Views: 7,186
What happened in Memphis where seven officers worked almost as a team to beat and kick 29-year-old Tyre NICHOLS is not a singular event in one city. Police beatings... More
Feb 1, 2023 5:27 pm
Comments: 47 | Views: 7,186
What happened in Memphis where seven officers worked almost as a team to beat and kick 29-year-old Tyre NICHOLS is not a singular event in one city. Police beatings... More
Is telling the truth simply an old-fashioned idea?
Jan 19, 2023 4:06 pm
Comments: 58 | Views: 8,601
As the story has been told over the years, our first president, George Washington, said, as a youngster to his lather as both looked at a cherry tree, “I cannot... More
Jan 19, 2023 4:06 pm
Comments: 58 | Views: 8,601
As the story has been told over the years, our first president, George Washington, said, as a youngster to his lather as both looked at a cherry tree, “I cannot... More
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