http://www.peterysussman.com Journalist and Author Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:16:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (December 2009) No readings or events are currently planned. Anyone interested  in hosting one in the San Francisco Bay Area should email decca@psussman.com. Thank you. http://www.peterysussman.com/events/no-events-in-the-works-2009/ (Originally posted on Huffington Post on July 25, 2009) The police officer who arrested eminent Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. is said to be an excellent and sensitive cop. He teaches a class in racial profiling. Here are a few discussion points he might want to add to the syllabus. ... http://www.peterysussman.com/blog/gatesgate-a-lesson-plan/ (Originally posted on S.F. Gate on July 18, 2009) Meg Whitman has a problem with our right to marry, but it's not at all clear what that problem is. The billionaire former eBay boss, now running as a Republican for governor, spoke to a gathering of "high-profile high-tech Silicon Valley women," reported ... http://www.peterysussman.com/blog/meg-whitman-save-marriage/ Originally posted on Huffington Post on May 4, 2009. Huffington Post is a noble and necessary experiment in citizen journalism -- and indeed in journalism itself -- and I have been pleased to be a contributor, however infrequent. But like all path-breaking experiments, it can be led astray ... http://www.peterysussman.com/blog/take-me-to-your-editor/ On Friday, May 1, 2009, the following was published in the San Francisco Chronicle, under the headline "Formulas for Dysfunction: On the Effects of Direct Democracy." At the time, I suppose, it was technically an OpEd, not a blog post, but my republishing it in this space magically transforms it ... http://www.peterysussman.com/blog/the-politics-of-outrage/ Originally posted at SFGate.com on March 25, 2009. The invitation to join SFGate's new corps of bloggers called City Brights offers the opportunity to reach a substantial audience, a prospect no journalist or professional writer turns down easily. But it carries troubling implications. The Gate, the online arm of the San Francisco ... http://www.peterysussman.com/blog/confessions-of-a-cyberscab/ http://www.peterysussman.com/uncategorized/recent-writings-online/91/ (Originally posted on Huffington Post on January 14, 2009) It may have been the most important product placement in history, surpassing the American colonists' dumping of crates of East India tea into Boston Harbor 235 years ago. When journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi crystallized world opinion by hurling his shoes at American President ... http://www.peterysussman.com/blog/bye-bye-bush-the-shoe/ (Originally posted on Huffington Post, on September 29, 2008) Before participating in the first presidential debate of the campaign, John McCain dropped a bomb on the political process by announcing unilaterally that he was suspending his campaign activities and canceling his debate participation until he could help fashion a "bailout" agreement. ... http://www.peterysussman.com/blog/management-by-chaos/ (April 2007) Dear friends, relatives, colleagues, Decca fans and the just-plain-curious, Because of a health emergency I have postponed all readings and other events for my book "Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford." Here's a quick and simplistic update on a very complex series of procedures: The fusions for my previous spinal ... http://www.peterysussman.com/events/all-readings-postponed/