by Ken Hurst
Since the NFC Championship football game a couple of weekends ago when the New York Giants defeated the San Francisco 49ers, I have read several sports articles in which the 49er loss was pinned on Giant’s quarterback Eli Manning being superior to 49er quarterback Alex Smith. That is an incorrect reason for the 49er loss. [...]
by Steve Heilig
One of the more depressing experiences related to drug use is being compelled to listen to somebody trying to convey some “cosmic” revelation they had while under the influence. But there are rare exceptions. E.g.: Drug abuse has been called the United States’ worst public health problem, and our government has waged a “war on [...]
by Steve Heilig
If all of the homeless people in the United States formed their own city, its population would be very close to that of San Francisco — about 750,000. About 40 percent of those people are part of homeless families. The othere, single, maybe — most likely — solitary, otherthan some loyal pets. And many, many [...]
by Ken Hurst
The New York Giants defeated the San Francisco 49ers 20-17 after ten minutes of overtime in the NFC championship game in the rain at Candlestick Park Sunday afternoon. Earlier that same day the New England Patients defeated the Baltimore Ravens 23-20 in the AFC championship game. So both the NFL Harbaugh brothers (Ravens Coach John [...]
Provocative Korean-born violinist Hahn-bin pranced and preened his way across the wood floor of the North Dakota Museum of Art in Grand Forks last Sunday as a part of the NDMA’s annual concert series. “American classical music audiences are half asleep,” the unusual prodigy said in a recent interview, adding that it is the performer’s [...]
by Will Parrish
I decided to enroll in the journalism program at my alma mater, the University of California Santa Cruz, during the run-up to the invasion and occupation of Iraq, circa late 2002 and early 2003. UCSC was home to a trenchant anti-war movement, far more than in most of the country. For example, a 2,000-person demonstration [...]
by Dan Hoyle
When I picked up my press credential at St. Anselm’s College in Manchester, New Hampshire for the ABC News Republican Primary Debate on a clear Saturday night in January, I expected to be steered to a press gallery close to the stage in a musky debate hall. But there were more than 600 journalists on [...]
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Jim won’t be there but Ray and Robbie will be. Man zarek and Krieger, of the Doors. Jim won’t be and neither will drummer John Densmore.
The Turks were so patient for putting up with me this fall as I cycled around the western half of Turkey. I cringe now when I recall the many times, while in conversation with strangers, that I lifted my feet and showed them the mucky gobs of fig seeds mashed into the underside of my [...]
