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Posts published by “Malcolm Macdonald”

Money in Politics

Last week, in the McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission case, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion for the narrow (5-4) majority that "Money in…

Early Mendocino County

As opposed to Robert Frost's two roads diverging in a wood, it is often the convergence of two paths that proves just as unexpected and…

Pop Quiz

The Oscars are past and one of my long suffering readers (longer time friend) finished in a dead heat with me in our annual Academy…

Very Little Of Substance…

What started out as a figurative lynching of KZYX board member John Sakowicz by the remainder of the nine member panel fizzled into something like a public spanking for Sakowicz, who has dared to question the powers that be (General Manager John Coate and Program Director Mary Aigner) not only at board meetings but in a letter to the FCC.

Kilroy Was There

Snow speckled Middle Street in the North End during the last week of February. Near Mr. Pemberton's meeting house boys were pelting the dry goods…

Coast Copwatch

So I'm sitting in my parked car in Fort Bragg a month ago. I've just finished checking the voicemail messages on my cell phone when…

Who’s Your Doctor?

As of last week more than 3.3 million Americans have signed up for private health insurance through online marketplaces under the auspices of the Affordable…

Unfulfilled Pleas

Woe be unto the weary minded who live on the Mendocino Coast and need mental health care help. When Ortner took over adult mental health services last summer and made it be known that its coastal subcontract would go to those who run Hospitality House in Fort Bragg

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