CRACKPOTS, AN ANALYSIS Dear Lee Simon, Thanks for your scientific response to my conjecture about possible after-life scenarios. My father was an atheist medical doctor and his religion was Science, so reading your letter was…
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October 24, 2011 — Mendocino County Assessor-Clerk Recorder, Susan M. Ranochak announced: “Two errors were made by my office and discovered after publication within the Measure A section of the Sample Ballot for the November…
PEOPLE SAY DEATH comes in threes. I hope not. We've had enough of it around here for now. Peter Summit's sudden passing at age 32 hit lots of us hard, as the untimely deaths of…
Major Scaramella, as readers may recall, was somehow — probably by mistake — appointed to the School District’s structurally pointless school bond “oversight committee” last year. Last month The Major was on the losing end…
This Week: CalTrans really doesn't like us; CAMP, er, Marijuana Price Support Unit; Libs saying nice things about libs; and much more
RUSH FOR PA SCHOOL BOARD Dear Editor: I am often questioned as to why I am so involved in the school district since I have no children or grandchildren in it. I can only say…
Dear AVA, Were I asked at any point in my life where I saw myself at the age of 51, the answer would invariably have been: Dead. Not from any romantic notion about leaving a…