Posts tagged as:

Politics

Running for Governor means you are either ignorant or an egomaniac

by Dave Gehring on May 15, 2010

Clearly, the role of Governor of California is a no-win situation. Anyone who understands how California is impacted by the referendum process, a super majority requirement for passing the budget, term limits and our current legislative districts would know that being Governor is a sure way to add a major public failure to your resume. [...]

{ 0 comments }

American exceptionalism, Reinhold Niebuhr and Barack Obama

by Dave Gehring on December 17, 2009

President Obama’s recent speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize seems to have been viewed by the Right as a surprising reaffirmation of american exceptionalism.  The speech also seems to be viewed by the Left as a surprising contradiction to the idealism that supports a rigorously (and some might consider utopian) pacifist social ethic. I can [...]

{ 0 comments }

San Francisco Middle Class Exodus

by Dave Gehring on October 24, 2009

This summer we moved from San Francisco to Palo Alto.  After nearly 15 years in San Francisco, I have to say it was a hard move for me.  In fact, the last several years I worked from my home office as I was employed by companies in New York or Toronto respectively.  I left the [...]

{ 0 comments }