Bill Bucy

  Thomas Foon Chew was at one time the wealthiest Chinese American in California and, undoubtedly, one of the wealthiest Chinese immigrants ...

 The self-righteous majority on the Supreme Court, having declared affirmative action dead, are likely celebrating. But, cloistered in unive...

Some years ago I attended a movie premiere and joked to producer Janet Yang ( The Joy Luck Club; The People vs Larry Flynt; The Weight of W...

 Get a new grill and use the heck out of it. My beloved natural gas grill still mostly works but is 21 years old not quite up to the food ad...

 A few years ago I set myself up as a mobile notary public. Not much money to say the least but it got me out of the house and I met some in...

The Covid vaccines are here but it will be months before jabs are widely enough available to seriously affect the pandemic's spread. The...

Everyone has their list of priorities when it comes to deciding who will receive their vote. I've revised my list and my new No. 1 is ag...

I am mostly enjoying Jim Harrison's book of food essays, The Raw and the Cooked.   I modify my reaction for only a few reasons but I hol...

As another Covid-19 tsunami washes over us we demand to know "When will this damn thing end?" Looking at the history of pandemics ...

Wear a mask, wash your hands, keep six feet apart, don't gather in groups.  Pretty darn simple but some among us just don't want to ...

         Dear Mr., Mrs, Ms., Mrx, Msx etc.: I have no intention of visiting your grandparent/aunt/uncle/mother/father at [insert name of hea...

I am sure President Joe Biden will disappointment me,  likely several times in several ways.  For one thing, he probably won't choose a...

The other day I read a description of someone that included a phrase I always dread in several ways: “veteran journalist.” That tw...

When it comes to pandemics, we 21 st century types aren’t coping with   Covid-19  much  differently than the good folks of the 14 th c...

Want a bit more rapport with people, be able to communicate on a quieter note and maybe even persuade them to cooperate without choking them...

All the criticism and outright hatred form so many parts of society showered on cops just now means nothing to them. They are and will rema...

Ah, Palo Alto, California. Home to Stanford University, Tesla, and a handful of billionaires . To protect our homes (median price $3.1m...

A CCW permit renewal notice from the Arizona Department of Public Safety  sent me online to research the status of gun control efforts aroun...

Come on folks. We know in our heart of hearts the cause of so many woes faced by Palo Altans.   Developers need relentless growth to kee...

Let’s say a crazed Turmpite Republican is on the primary election ballot for whatever office in a GOP-majority district....