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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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The clothes we wear: Cool, chic, casual -- or just plain sloppy?
Nov 29, 2022 12:48 pm
Comments: 40 | Views: 7,435
I love clothes! It was important to me since I turned 13. My mother told me at the time (and evermore) that when people meet you, they first judge you by not only... More
Nov 29, 2022 12:48 pm
Comments: 40 | Views: 7,435
I love clothes! It was important to me since I turned 13. My mother told me at the time (and evermore) that when people meet you, they first judge you by not only... More
'Working from home’ — a new work world creates societal problems.
Nov 21, 2022 4:42 pm
Comments: 55 | Views: 8,999
I am envious – maybe a bit jealous – of all the high-tech employees today who can decide when and where they work, how much vacation time they want,... More
Nov 21, 2022 4:42 pm
Comments: 55 | Views: 8,999
I am envious – maybe a bit jealous – of all the high-tech employees today who can decide when and where they work, how much vacation time they want,... More
Down with the dinosaurs!
Nov 13, 2022 1:02 pm
Comments: 30 | Views: 7,982
About 15 years ago, my oldest son, Bruce, took his three sons, 3, 5 and 6, to visit the American Museum of Natural History in NYC to see its fantastic dinosaur display.
All... More
Nov 13, 2022 1:02 pm
Comments: 30 | Views: 7,982
About 15 years ago, my oldest son, Bruce, took his three sons, 3, 5 and 6, to visit the American Museum of Natural History in NYC to see its fantastic dinosaur display.
All... More
Daylight concerns
Nov 6, 2022 4:55 pm
Comments: 22 | Views: 6,360
Did you fall back on Sunday morning? Gently? Or are you one of the70 percent of Americans, according to polls, who no longer want to switch from daylight savings... More
Nov 6, 2022 4:55 pm
Comments: 22 | Views: 6,360
Did you fall back on Sunday morning? Gently? Or are you one of the70 percent of Americans, according to polls, who no longer want to switch from daylight savings... More
Our politics – and our elections – are running amok
Nov 1, 2022 4:38 pm
Comments: 33 | Views: 7,214
What is happening to the people in our country? Why are the partisan fights and arguments escalating? Why is the far right so fiercely fighting their self-defined... More
Nov 1, 2022 4:38 pm
Comments: 33 | Views: 7,214
What is happening to the people in our country? Why are the partisan fights and arguments escalating? Why is the far right so fiercely fighting their self-defined... More
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