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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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Abortion in America: a new perspective
Jul 20, 2021 3:38 pm
Comments: 9 | Views: 15,749
I have never quite understood why the issue of abortion has suddenly erupted into a national issue across America, requiring politicians and presidents to state... More
Jul 20, 2021 3:38 pm
Comments: 9 | Views: 15,749
I have never quite understood why the issue of abortion has suddenly erupted into a national issue across America, requiring politicians and presidents to state... More
Our feelings are hurt.
C’mon, guys!
Jul 14, 2021 5:14 pm
Comments: 25 | Views: 15,417
Our feelings were hurt, so we must sue the city of Palo Alto.
That is the message I glean from the five Palo Alto police officers who filed a suit against the... More
Jul 14, 2021 5:14 pm
Comments: 25 | Views: 15,417
Our feelings were hurt, so we must sue the city of Palo Alto.
That is the message I glean from the five Palo Alto police officers who filed a suit against the... More
Q: In what country is Venice, Italy located? A: Paris.
Q: What is the biggest city in the world? A: Asia?
Jul 6, 2021 3:47 pm
Comments: 37 | Views: 18,809
A segment of one of Jay Leno’s TVs shows had a man-on-the-street interview, this time with some older teens and young adults in their early twenties. The questions... More
Jul 6, 2021 3:47 pm
Comments: 37 | Views: 18,809
A segment of one of Jay Leno’s TVs shows had a man-on-the-street interview, this time with some older teens and young adults in their early twenties. The questions... More
Can we curb climate change?
Jul 1, 2021 12:17 pm
Comments: 18 | Views: 16,907
With soaring three-digit high temperatures suddenly hitting Seattle, Portland and Canadian cities to the north, causing a record heat wave from a stalled heat dome,... More
Jul 1, 2021 12:17 pm
Comments: 18 | Views: 16,907
With soaring three-digit high temperatures suddenly hitting Seattle, Portland and Canadian cities to the north, causing a record heat wave from a stalled heat dome,... More
The uncomfortable downward slope toward more conservative Christian churches
Jun 22, 2021 3:21 pm
Comments: 45 | Views: 21,754
Our Christian churches in the U.S. suddenly seem be not only tilting to the right, but rather sliding down a hill to join with the conservative Republican right... More
Jun 22, 2021 3:21 pm
Comments: 45 | Views: 21,754
Our Christian churches in the U.S. suddenly seem be not only tilting to the right, but rather sliding down a hill to join with the conservative Republican right... More
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