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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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Is PAMF running amok?
Aug 25, 2021 12:16 pm
Comments: 46 | Views: 39,868
I don't want to write this, but problems at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation are still increasing. For years I have been a very happy patient at their Palo Alto... More
Aug 25, 2021 12:16 pm
Comments: 46 | Views: 39,868
I don't want to write this, but problems at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation are still increasing. For years I have been a very happy patient at their Palo Alto... More
Afghanistan: Why did this all happen?
Aug 17, 2021 3:37 pm
Comments: 55 | Views: 15,208
==I NOTE: American attention the past few days has focused on the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Many of our friends and neighbors are talking about what happened.... More
Aug 17, 2021 3:37 pm
Comments: 55 | Views: 15,208
==I NOTE: American attention the past few days has focused on the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Many of our friends and neighbors are talking about what happened.... More
An almost impossible election?
Aug 11, 2021 8:33 am
Comments: 29 | Views: 14,346
IF Gov. Gavin Newsom is recalled during the upcoming Sept. 14 special election, voters face a ridiculous situation: choosing one of 46 candidates running to become... More
Aug 11, 2021 8:33 am
Comments: 29 | Views: 14,346
IF Gov. Gavin Newsom is recalled during the upcoming Sept. 14 special election, voters face a ridiculous situation: choosing one of 46 candidates running to become... More
Just What Is Sexual Harassment Today?
Aug 5, 2021 2:45 pm
Comments: 37 | Views: 13,902
I don’t know what our society thinks sexual harassment is these days. Our standards seem to change over time, and what was “permissible,” say 20... More
Aug 5, 2021 2:45 pm
Comments: 37 | Views: 13,902
I don’t know what our society thinks sexual harassment is these days. Our standards seem to change over time, and what was “permissible,” say 20... More
I am a covid coward – and also angry at anti-vaxxers
Jul 27, 2021 12:32 pm
Comments: 65 | Views: 27,197
The reason I obtained my covid shot the second day it was locally available was because I am a coward. I don’t want to suffer through the corona virus --a... More
Jul 27, 2021 12:32 pm
Comments: 65 | Views: 27,197
The reason I obtained my covid shot the second day it was locally available was because I am a coward. I don’t want to suffer through the corona virus --a... More
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