Ever see the sign for Burke Hill south of Ukiah and wonder who Burke was? Here's part of the answer. Alexander Burke was born in Sparta, Tennessee in the summer of 1813. At age twenty…
Posts published in “Essays”
A recent and continuing series of articles by CT Rowe complains of unfair treatment by the Anderson Valley Land Trust.
For fascinating reading or listening there is “The Great Influenza” by John Barry. It’s available from the County Library and provides hours of informative material on a disease that killed millions world-wide in 1918-1919. The…
March 28, 2020 — The NY Times, even in the best of times, presents a picture of New York barely recognizable to the majority of its residents. In a state of emergency their reporting resembles…
Berkeley, CA 4/4 2020 — Headlines: “Undocumented Farmworkers, Still Deportable, Are Essential” “Data From Cellphones Shows Staying at Home is a Luxury” “Outbreak Rages From Nursing Home” “Business Owners Sue to Reopen, Citing Breach of…
The world is in one hell of a mess and though it might seem so, it ain’t all Covid-19. My son Paullen called the other evening to say that White House acting Covid-19 spokesperson, Jared…
Friday, March 13, was the last day that Anderson Valley Junior/Senior High School’s 213 students physically went to class. Social distancing regulations were tightening as the corona virus spread, and Principal Jim Snyder said that…
The US government's third attempt to deport Harry Bridges as a Communist was tried by US District Judge George B. Harris, who had graduated from the law school at St. Ignatius (now USF) in 1925,…