Columns

Columns

Zisser: The lasting trauma of police violence

When Claudia was 10 years old, a San Jose police officer pointed his gun at her. Claudia—not her real name—had just walked home from school with her little brother and four other young kids. Now 40 and still a San Jose resident, Claudia didn’t tell me this at my office or in a meeting through a...

Rodriguez: The number of high school students earning college credit is growing

Dual enrollment, a term sometimes used interchangeably with concurrent enrollment, provides students with the opportunity to earn college credit while still in high school—without paying the cost of college tuition. While there are differences between dual and concurrent enrollment, both refer to programs by which high school students are able to take college courses taught...

Collins: Will this market offer homebuyers an opportunity?

Based on past market cycles, one would predict the recent wave of volatility in the stock market would cause hesitation among would-be homebuyers that are considering cashing out their stock options in order to purchase a house. Another prediction would be that the Federal Reserve would consider withdrawing scheduled interest rate hikes to keep the economy...

Robinson: Phil Trounstine: Scribe for a different era

Recently deceased former Mercury News journalist Phil Trounstine was a luminary journalist in a bygone era. Trounstine was a consummate professional, a cynical curmudgeon, fastidious, inquisitive, and a damn good writer. He was never intimidated by power and when he was wrong, he could good laugh at his own humanity. Trounstine thrived in the seemingly...

Shaw: Sunnyvale shelter donation policy makes no sense

Pasta. It’s what’s for dinner, and lunch and would be for breakfast, if hot breakfast was ever served at the Sunnyvale shelter. Eating pasta 45 times within a 30-day period has to eventually cause some negative health effects. It’s cheap, easy to prepare and serves a lot of people. Understood. What I can’t understand, is...