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About this blog: I am a native of Alameda County, grew up in Pleasanton and currently live in the house I grew up in that is more than 100 years old. I spent 39 years in the daily newspaper business and wrote a column for more than 25 years in add... (More)
About this blog: I am a native of Alameda County, grew up in Pleasanton and currently live in the house I grew up in that is more than 100 years old. I spent 39 years in the daily newspaper business and wrote a column for more than 25 years in addition to writing editorials for more than 15 years. I have served as a director of many non-profits in the Valley and the broader Bay Area and currently serve as chair of Teen Esteem and on the advisory board of Shepherd?s Gate. I also served as founding chair of Heart for Africa and have travelled to Africa seven times to serve on mission trips. My wife, Betty Gail, has taught at Amador Valley High (from where we both graduated) since 1981. She and I both graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, as did both of my parents and my three siblings. Given that Cal tradition, our daughter went south to the University of Southern California and graduated with a degree in international relations. Since graduation, she has taken three mission trips and will be serving in the Philippines for nine months starting in September. (Hide)
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Drone debates
Feb 19, 2013 7:17 am
Comments: 1 | Views: 13,786
Drones have been in the headlines, both in Alameda County and nationally.
The contrast is striking.
One on hand, we have civil libertarians and others worried... More
Feb 19, 2013 7:17 am
Comments: 1 | Views: 13,786
Drones have been in the headlines, both in Alameda County and nationally.
The contrast is striking.
One on hand, we have civil libertarians and others worried... More
Tips for a balanced life
Feb 14, 2013 7:47 am
Comments: 0 | Views: 12,709
John Townsend, a business consultant, leadership coach and psychologist, was in the Bay Area yesterday to keynote the San Francisco Prayer Breakfast as well as speak... More
Feb 14, 2013 7:47 am
Comments: 0 | Views: 12,709
John Townsend, a business consultant, leadership coach and psychologist, was in the Bay Area yesterday to keynote the San Francisco Prayer Breakfast as well as speak... More
A strong field in the special council election
Feb 12, 2013 7:44 am
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Pleasanton residents will have four choices for one City Council seat when they receive their mail-in ballots for the May 7 special election to fill the final two... More
Feb 12, 2013 7:44 am
Comments: 0 | Views: 13,020
Pleasanton residents will have four choices for one City Council seat when they receive their mail-in ballots for the May 7 special election to fill the final two... More
The lab's giant laser misses key deadline
Feb 7, 2013 8:29 am
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The world's most powerful laser, the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, failed to meet the goal of ignition that was due by Sept. 30,... More
Feb 7, 2013 8:29 am
Comments: 0 | Views: 13,299
The world's most powerful laser, the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, failed to meet the goal of ignition that was due by Sept. 30,... More
Boy Scouts expected to reverse their stand
Feb 5, 2013 8:18 am
Comments: 6 | Views: 14,301
Perhaps it should not have been a surprise, but it was to me when the Boy Scouts of America announced the organization was prepared to reverse its position on homosexuals... More
Feb 5, 2013 8:18 am
Comments: 6 | Views: 14,301
Perhaps it should not have been a surprise, but it was to me when the Boy Scouts of America announced the organization was prepared to reverse its position on homosexuals... More
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