A logical first stop for snowbirds returning from Arizona to the Upper Midwest is Tucumcari, New Mexico, a little town big enough for a McDonald’s but too small for a Walmart.
Having put on 608 miles across the back roads of New Mexico, I was plenty tired. I was ready to take whatever hotel room I [...]
by Nate Collins
Muhammad Diop was shot down in cold blood in front of his house on 864 31st street in Oakland on Thursday March 4th at 7:30pm. Muhammad Diop was murdered by the pervasive culture of violence in Oakland that is gripping our inner-cities nationwide.
by Dick Meister
Like most daily newspapers these days, the San Francisco Chronicle is hustling to increase declining profit margins. But let me offer some advice to my former employer: Quit gouging grieving readers as part of your profit chasing. I mean those who pay the Chronicle for running their loved ones’ death notices on the paper’s obituary [...]
by Steve Heilig
By Buddy, as told by Steve Heilig.
Yes, I am a dog — a purebred one, if you must know. That’s actually a handicap. I am here to confess that for a time I “practiced medicine” — or healing, at least — without a license. I do have a dog license, of course, but my training [...]
The Marine Life Protection Act Initiative has come to to the North Coast, skirting the laws and making up the rules as they go. The MLPAI obeys the law only as they see fit, all the while being held accountable to none that they break. It’s the opposite of real democracy, where the will of [...]
I was reading National Geographic this morning and noticed an ad the featured something called Eco Grain. “What in tarnation is Eco Grain?” the headline said.
Well, according to the ad, it is grown on special farms in Idaho “thanks to a more sustainable farming approach.”
Sounds good to me, I thought, I might get some of [...]
CHRISTY BOWS OUT
Dear Community,
To all the People of Mendocino 5th District Community,
It is with a heavy heart that I must tell you all that I’m withdrawing from the 2010 Fifth District Supervisor race. My reasons being family, financial, and timing.
It was already a stretch for me to run, with two young children and [...]
Dear AVA,
I would just like to thank you for sending me your paper and continuing with the awesome work on your end. I only know that it is a pleasure to have your paper passed through my bars by some stupid correctional officer each week.
Conditions are [bleep]ed here in Quentin. It’s dirty, crowded and the [...]
An Open Letter To “The Supes”:
The Board of Supervisors (affectionately known as THE SUPES) called a special session on Monday Feb 22nd with only 24 hours notice put surreptitiously on the internet on a sleepy Sunday morning. The topic was whether they wanted a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to run the county, as they have, [...]
Editor:
The trial jury created by our Constitution is a judicial body with more power than Congress, the President, or even the Supreme Court. Judges frequently say the “issue of law” is for them to determine, and instruct the jury to rule only on the fact of whether a defendant broke the law. But a jury [...]
