Born in NYC and spent first 26 years on east coast. Newsweek sent me to San Francisco in 1968. Soon left Newsweek but never the Bay Area. West Coast correspondent for The New Republic, 1970-1976. Worked in Eugene McCarthy and Fred Harris presidential campaigns. Started worker-owned solar energy business in 1976, served on board of National Cooperative Bank, promoted worker ownership. Co-found…
Read moreBorn in NYC and spent first 26 years on east coast. Newsweek sent me to San Francisco in 1968. Soon left Newsweek but never the Bay Area. West Coast correspondent for The New Republic, 1970-1976. Worked in Eugene McCarthy and Fred Harris presidential campaigns. Started worker-owned solar energy business in 1976, served on board of National Cooperative Bank, promoted worker ownership. Co-founded Working Assets in 1982, retired in 1995. Founded Mesa Refuge, a writer's retreat in Point Reyes Station. Co-founded Tomales Bay Institute, which reinvents the commons. Two sons, Zack and Eli.
