Op-Ed
Op-EdOpinion
Mission City Voices: Fate
February 14, 2018
I met my future wife on January 23, 1954 at the Zenda Ballroom in Los Angeles. I was stationed in...
Op-EdOpinion
Planning Commission Resignation Letter
February 7, 2018
Dear Madam Mayor and City Council, I hereby submit my formal resignation from the Planning Commission effective immediately. While I...
Op-EdOpinion
We Must Return to Citizen Legislators Not Career Politicians – Impose Commons Sense Term Limits on Members of Congress
January 31, 2018
On my first day of teaching the Legislative Branch, we discussed the demographics of the current 115th Congress. Here are...
Op-EdOpinion
Civics 101: We Must End Gerrymandering
January 3, 2018
Every year I think about how to teach redistricting and gerrymandering to my seniors at Santa Clara High School. It...
Op-EdOpinion
Love, War and Miracles
December 27, 2017
I want to tell you a story about miracles, about war, and about love. My grandparents grew up in the...
Op-EdOpinion
Mission City Voices: My Christmas Tree of Life
December 20, 2017
The word “magical” generally makes those of us on cliché patrol reach reflexively for the red pen. Especially when used...
City PoliticsOp-EdOpinion
Council Approves Free Money?
December 13, 2017
In a recent event in the topsy turvy world of Council logic, they approved payment for services some on the...
Op-EdOpinion
CIVICS 101: We Must Abolish Voter ID Laws
November 22, 2017
“How did Trump win deeply blue states like Michigan and Wisconsin,” was the first question out of “Molly’s” mouth as...
Op-EdOpinion
Not Liking the News Doesn’t Make It Fake
October 4, 2017
There have been a lot of words published, posted and uttered about fake news and real news and whether Americans...
Op-EdOpinion
BAREC And The Pied Pipers of Urban Planning
September 6, 2017
Poor BAREC. The former UC agricultural Bay Area Research and Extension Center at 90 North Winchester seems doomed to be...




