Thanks!
Personal plans affecting the public interest precludes my continuing the California Commons column for a time.… Read More »
Facts Matter
The Deer Creek proposal has “so many unknown impacts and variables,” the most disturbing being the status of the Rainer cross-town connector and Highway 101 interchange.… Read More »
Coexist
Principles espoused should be personally followed.… Read More »
Two Systems, Two Selves
“Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences, offers us an often scary, always interesting, analysis of the problems we face with judgment and decision-making. … Read More »
Democracy is the solution
A confluence of factors got me thinking about Egypt, including the recent reprise on KQED of “Egypt’s Golden Empire.” Marking the anniversary of the Tahrir Square protests which led to the ouster of its dictator Hosni Mubarak included reading several books by Egyptian author Alaa Al Aswany. Known for his novels which include “Chicago” and “The Yacoubian Building,” together with his short stories collected in “Friendly Fire,” it was his book of essays about political repression in everyday life, “On… Read More »
Not Enough
Fair pensions should be fully funded to fulfill promises for retirement income.… Read More »
One Percent
The County of Sonoma is hundreds of millions of dollars further in debt while the Sonoma County Employee Retirement Association gets further behind in meeting its pension obligations.… Read More »
The Big Handout
Many challenges face us in the years ahead and our limited financial resources need to be used more wisely.… Read More »
Candidates Cluster
It promises to be an interesting election year locally and throughout in California, with our primary election day on June 5, 2012 and vote-by-mail balloting beginning around May 7, 2012.… Read More »
Hate Heir
When tolerance is disdained in favor of xenophobic concentration on differences, social bonds are strained and public policy becomes more difficult to agree upon.… Read More »
