Trust the Public with Hard Truths
10/19/2021
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This opinion piece, recently published in Nature, makes a point I think all elected leaders should keep in mind. Yes, a small percentage of the
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What Defines a Good Community Benefit?
10/11/2021
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A comment on my recent op ed regarding how to increase diversity of our elected bodies made the following point: When you write “public financial
Drawing the Lines
10/11/2021
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This piece was published in the San Mateo Daily Journal on Monday, October 11, 2021 under the title “Increasing diversity is more than lines on
It’s District Boundary Review Time!!!
09/09/2021
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Once every ten years, after the Federal census is completed, elected bodies that are based on districts1 have to review their boundaries and make adjustments.
Requiring IDs to Vote
09/07/2021
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This post was prompted by a Trump-supporting friend of mine who circulated one of those repost-if-you-agree posts on Facebook, this one targeted at requiring presentation
Who Built All These Hills?!?
09/03/2021
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Elsewhere I’ve noted the fun I’ve been having dropping off door-hangers urging people to vote no on the gubernatorial recall. It’s a great time of
Find the Milk!
08/16/2021
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This is a letter to the editor I wrote which was published in the Palo Alto Daily Post on 8/16/2021. Let the games begin! Today
The Value of Diversity
06/30/2021
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A recent article in Nature reported on how our ancestors apparently were cooking and eating grains long before they realized they could be grown and
Juneteenth Holiday is Long Overdue
06/19/2021
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This is an op ed I wrote which was published in the Palo Alto Daily Journal on Saturday, June 19, 2021. Note that the published
Facts, Hypotheses and Theories
06/02/2021
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This is an op ed I wrote which was published in the San Mateo Daily Journal on June 2, 2021. A recent Daily Journal op
