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Je suis Jim Yardley

Posted on January 20, 2015 by

I doubt we ran Jim Yardley’s first byline above the fold page one of the Oracle, at Henry M. Gunn High of Palo Alto — something about middle class students using public transportation to school, spring 1981 — but his … Continue reading →

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Future history of modern cities slash Palo Alto

Posted on April 14, 2014 by

http://www.amazon.com/History-Future-Cities-Daniel-Brook/dp/0393078124 If I run for Palo Alto City Council in fall, 2014 I will likely either read above or at least read Jonathan Yardley’s review of such, and drop the name of the book during any public fora about development … Continue reading →

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The Times are a-charging

The New York Times has been charging me $15 per month since April yet I actually have not been on their site for about six months. I thought of calling the 800 number on my credit card bill to ask … Continue reading →

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Yardley’s ‘Brave Dragons’ hits the mark

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

CHINA CAGERS BOOK A ‘SWISH’ BUT NOT ‘SWISHY’ From Carolina Blue to ‘His ass is blue’ in reporter’s hoops odyssey http://www.amazon.com/Brave-Dragons-Basketball-American-Cultures/dp/0307473368/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363914129&sr=1-2&keywords=brave+dragons Jim Yardley’s “Brave Dragons” can be read two ways, at least; one, as a basketball book that takes place … Continue reading →

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From VTA to Vatican for former Gunn High journalist

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

Jim Yardley reports in The New York Times today from Vatican City on the surprise choice of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis. In 1981 I edited his first byline, an article about Gunn High students who took what is now … Continue reading →

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Song of the day: Kimchi Line by Bho Bhoman

Posted on June 8, 2012 by

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Sweet smell of spilled coffee (from Iraq)

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

Pre-empting the other fifty things I was either going to do or write about potentially doing this fine spring morning, I am pitching my old pal Jim Yardley the Pulitzer laureate about writing something about Global Heritage Fund in Palo … Continue reading →

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