ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Dear Mr President Dear Mr. President,
Thanks for your address to the nation. It's good to know you still want to talk to us after how we behaved in November.
Listen, can I be frank? Sendi... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by The Cohen Brother, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jan 26, 2007 at 7:31 am There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 26, 2007 at 9:24 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Iraq's Oil In breaking news, the London (UK) Independent has published details of a new law – the ‘Hydrocarbons Law’, drafted to ensure the ‘sale’ of Iraqi oil on terms extremely favorab... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Jan 25, 2007 at 11:17 am There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 26, 2007 at 9:33 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Colonialism and Israel Prior to the onset of European colonization a century ago, generations of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Palestinians cohabited in the Holy Land with little or no conflict. Zio... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by The Cohen Brother, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jan 25, 2007 at 7:33 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jan 26, 2007 at 8:33 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO So Much For Us Being Greeted As Liberators BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four of the five Americans killed when a U.S. security company's helicopter crashed in a dangerous Sunni neighborhood in central Baghdad were shot execution st... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by EnoughAlready, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Jan 24, 2007 at 1:34 pm There have been 47 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 29, 2007 at 5:40 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO RIP Larissa Keet I just read the piece on the Palo Alto Online home page about the death of Larissa Keet in Kenya. http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=4381
I hope there ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Theresa, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, on Jan 23, 2007 at 9:26 am
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Agony Of Victory An article in todays Chronicle deals with life after football for the SF 49rs Super Bowl winning roster. Almost all of the players willing to be interviewed suffer from very s... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by green, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood, on Jan 22, 2007 at 2:39 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 23, 2007 at 11:58 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Somalia Compounding the Iraq war debacle, the Bush Administration is off and running squandering more lives and US tax money on ill-fated adventures in Somalia. During the cold war al... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Jan 22, 2007 at 11:04 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 22, 2007 at 5:51 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Condi Rice plans return to Stanford where she will "look back and write books" This is an article from December 2006:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/International/story?id=2695752&page=1
An excerpt:
"Once her tenure as secretary of state is over... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Robin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood, on Jan 20, 2007 at 8:55 am There have been 31 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 26, 2007 at 7:37 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO TORTURE It is encouraging to learn that Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy and other members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are holding Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, ‘feet to t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Jan 19, 2007 at 6:07 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 20, 2007 at 7:45 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Horses need to be banned on peninsula trails I did a couple long runs in Huddart, Phelger and Wunderlich parks this week and almost twisted an ankle a couple times in the hoof shaped mud holes. There are mosquito ridden ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Bret, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood, on Jan 18, 2007 at 8:34 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 22, 2007 at 6:06 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO ISRAEL There has been extremely disturbing reports that Israel has dramatically expanded its ethnically cleansing of the West Bank and Gaza by effectively denying the return of natio... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Jan 18, 2007 at 8:30 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 29, 2007 at 7:00 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Iraq Surge
Our fragile nation, indeed the whole world is in urgent need to protect itself with a ‘surge protector’ from our warmongering president. The newly elected Democrats have vo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Jan 18, 2007 at 8:22 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 20, 2007 at 1:05 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Stifling Debate: Reflections of the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Explotations of Jewish Suffering Please join us on Thursday, January 25 at 7:30PM
for an evening with Professor Norman Finkelstein.
http://cjme.stanford.edu/
Title of Event:
Stifling Debate: Reflecti... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Robin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood, on Jan 18, 2007 at 5:41 am There have been 21 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 19, 2007 at 5:48 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Thanks to Len Ely for being a great guy Twenty eight years ago Len Ely welcomed me to Menlo Park. I was from Los Angeles and barely out of college. Len gave me my first impression of Palo Alto: a university town wit... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Bob Heinen, a resident of Menlo Park, on Jan 10, 2007 at 8:35 pm
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Jimmy Carter Norman Finkelstein, professor of political science at DePaul University in Chicago latest article, titled "The Ludicrous Attacks on Jimmy Carter's Book" (posted on Counterpunc... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Jan 10, 2007 at 12:24 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 11, 2007 at 7:12 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Court martial of Ehren Watada Efforts by the Pentagon to force journalists to testify against anti-war ‘refusniks’ poses a major threat to freedom of speech, the hallmark of a free democratic society. Inde... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Jan 2, 2007 at 9:50 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 11, 2007 at 7:35 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO No mail delivery on Tuesday For the next three days - Sunday, Monday, Tuesday - our mail boxes will stay empty because the USPS decided to observe a national day of mourning for Gerald Ford on Tuesday. ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by EmptyMailBox, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Dec 30, 2006 at 10:35 pm There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 3, 2007 at 5:18 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Gerald Ford It is customary to look favorably on the life of a demised public figure. Thus, the accolades accompanying President Ford come as no surprise. Documents made public after his ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Dec 29, 2006 at 7:50 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 3, 2007 at 8:25 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Christian Oppression in Bethelehem by Hamas/Fatah Here is another news story that our Middle Eastern correspondent Jag Singh seems to have missed.
This appeared in today's SF Chronicle:
But for many Christians in Bethle... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Boaz, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood, on Dec 24, 2006 at 2:25 pm
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Real Tree or Fake Tree ? Do you get a real christmas tree? I fondly remember the the family 'outings' to the different christmas tree farms around the Bay Area, with Mom & Dad trying to figure out whe... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by NameWithheld, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood, on Dec 21, 2006 at 9:05 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 2, 2007 at 12:44 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Do You Travel to a Foreign Country for Major Medical Care? I can't take this anymore. I am sick of the paperwork nightmare, of being chronically sick because I'm not able to fully get the care I really need even though I am insured, ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by The Palo Altan next door, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Dec 20, 2006 at 7:59 pm There have been 17 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 4, 2007 at 4:54 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Jimmy Carter It is troubling that so many letters have recently appeared vilifying Jimmy Carter who had the moral courage to expose the appalling plight of the oppressed Palestinians in hi... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Dec 17, 2006 at 8:50 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 1, 2007 at 8:14 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Palestinian Rights in Israel Here is an article that our Middle East correspondent Jag Singh has not posted or commented on:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/13/MNG77MUILM1.DTL&... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Boaz, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood, on Dec 14, 2006 at 6:45 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 15, 2006 at 3:17 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Compare Peninsula Funeral Prices The Funeral Education Foundation based in Palo Alto just released its 2006 survey of mortuary prices in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. The survey indicates that there is ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Marjorie Bridges, a resident of another community, on Dec 10, 2006 at 10:36 am
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Iraq Study Group The much hyped Iraq Study Group (ISG), deserve a resounding failing grade for their efforts to provide a fig leaf to extricate George Bush and his advisors from their criminal... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jag Singh, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Dec 9, 2006 at 11:37 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 9, 2006 at 7:13 pm.
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