THE HISTORY OF TRAIN HOPPING TEENAGERS
If you compare the economic conditions that caused teenagers to hop trains during the Depression, to today’s economy, there are some striking similarities.
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The The Impotence of Proof REading
Those of us who publish our own writing on the web, bow down to proofreaders, the advisers we can’t afford to hire yet know we desperately need.
Anne Gust — Jerry Brown’s secret weapon
What kind of woman would marry Jerry Brown, especially as he hit 70 years of age? That was the question underlying the profile of his wife Anne Gust that I did for San Francisco magazine in January 2011, in time for Brown’s inauguration to his third term as governor. Turned out Anne Gust is focused, … Anne Gust — Jerry Brown’s secret weapon
I Lost!!
Last night I didn’t win my category at the National Magazine Awards and I’m still a bit bummed about it. The competition was strong, as it was in all categories, and I always felt that that fine story by Athul Gawande would win. It did. It turned out to be a fine night for San … I Lost!!
The Sacred Elephant
In a few hours, I’ll be on the plane to New York City where I’ve been nominated for the American Society of Magazine Editors award in the Public Interest category for my investigative piece on the Lembi Family and the Citi Apartments collapse. If I win, I get to take home the sacred elephant, the … The Sacred Elephant
Now the Lembi hotels are in trouble
Andrew Ross in the SF Chronicle has been staying on top of the continuing dismantling of the Lembi real estate empire. Earlier this month, he noted that the Lembi group was about to be sanctioned $30,000 by the court for not providing their part of discovery in a law suit brought by former tenants who … Now the Lembi hotels are in trouble