Category Archives: Plato’s Republic

pertaining to government, the public sector, governance, democracy, politics, issues pertaining to such, like “freedom of speech” concepts

This picture in the Sunday paper reminds me of the Magritte show: This is not a test

Posted on July 30, 2018 by markweiss86

This is not a test    

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Draft of a letter to editor of Palo Alto Post about how stupid they are in their reporting on public art

Posted on July 30, 2018 by markweiss86

Dear Editor: I’m beginning to wonder why you mention Bo Crane so many times in your paper —especially second to last page, or cover three, or Page 11 — when you didn’t for example mention Manuel Neri (b. 1930) a … Continue reading →

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I wish I knew how it would feel to be free

Posted on July 17, 2018 by markweiss86

Billy Taylor wrote “I Wish I Knew” in 1963, before I was born. Nina Simone recorded the most famous version, in 1967, on “Silk and Sumpin’”, released as a single, later used in recent times out of context by some … Continue reading →

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Cop watch

Posted on July 17, 2018 by markweiss86

Since it is zoned Public Facility, we should restrict the development of the lot at Page Mill and El Camino to public safety workers housing, (police and fire, and maybe teachers, and maybe an artist in residence). As it stands, … Continue reading →

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Jen & Perry’s has turd eye bind

Posted on June 29, 2018 by markweiss86

  Good story  by Josh Code. But the initiative described therein seems to feature a product Jen & Perry’s Compost that infringes on the trademark of a popular food item. Similarly, as precedent.Steve Jenkins my Gunn schoolmate before founding Third … Continue reading →

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Hockey sculpture

Posted on June 26, 2018 by markweiss86

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I woke up in a big yellow taxi, counting crows and pondering dense housing

Posted on June 25, 2018 by markweiss86

I woke up in a SoHo doorway, a police man knew my name. Twenty years in the Tin Pan, Lord there’s got to be another way. That’s a pretty close to direct quote of a famous song by a famous … Continue reading →

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Good morning, Soledad O’Brien

Posted on June 24, 2018 by markweiss86

I got up early …Brad and I coached a HS soccer team in Palo Alto, in 1993, fall when he and Siley were merely dating. Brad would go home every day at noon to catch her on the local news … Continue reading →

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Blandino poppies remix

Posted on June 19, 2018 by markweiss86

  this is lifted from a private correspondence, with Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Stanford historian and bike sherpa Bo Crane — if by private we mean that the press won’t print it out of context. wait a minute — you … Continue reading →

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DiNero no longer ‘down’ w. trump

Posted on June 18, 2018 by markweiss86
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