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Posts published in “Day: May 9, 2018

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, May 10, 2018

Paula & David;
Ed Notes;
KZYX Audit;
Rural Skills;
Little Dog;
Quiz Night;
Big Band;
Jhanna Wanted;
Suspicious Van;
California Solar;
Yesterday's Catch;
Pacific Secession;
MCBG Weekend;
Blackbird Closing;
Writing Class;
Putin's Army;
Predatory Capitalism;
Beware Malware;
Me Best;
NCO Reunion;
City Harasser

Bad Boys

The Time: Autumn, 1958. The place: the playground of the Washington Consolidated School, Washington, Connecticut. A big crowd of kids are in a circle around…

Letters (May 9, 2018)

One clear attack on American democracy has been the removal of our polling places coupled with mandatory mail-in balloting for those wishing to vote. What has this achieved? Not greater voter turnout, not a reduced department budget, and not greater vote counting efficiency. Just the opposite. Voter turnout is down. Election costs are up. And election night Americana in Mendo has been stolen.

Secret Assassins

"The Lottery" is a famous short story by Shirley Jackson about an annual small town drawing whose winner is stoned to death. The story makes…

Bird’s Eye View (May 9, 2018)

This Sunday, May 13, is Mother’s Day, and while Hallmark and other merchants of crass commercialism have done their best to spoil such a wonderful…

Painful Lessons, Part 2

I've taken my share of beatings in my life; more, really, given that the average beating occurrence among Americans is probably not much more than…

Humco Official: No Room In The Jail

A majority of Humboldt County’s Board of Supervisors supports a ballot initiative to limit early prison releases but capacity issues could interfere with the initiative’s…

Rugged Days Of Yore

“Life is cheap up here on the Canadian,” is a line from Lonesome Dove that has stuck with me. When something goes even moderately wrong…

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