A couple of years ago, Fire Chief Andres Avila asked me if I would consider being his “boss.” I was startled by the request. Most folks don’t usually get to pick their “boss.” I got…
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There are many confusing aspects to the Anderson Valley Land Trust filing a lawsuit against me and my family. One of the most confounding is that many board members who sued me know me personally…
One of Brecht’s best-loved and most-performed works, The Caucasian Chalk Circle was written in Los Angeles in 1944 while the playwright was still in exile. He returned to Germany in 1947
When I was a knock-kneed bobby-soxed fifth grader I remember the big deal that my teachers made about the equality of all Americans. It was a kind of innocent strain of nascent American exceptionalism that…
To most adults who I interact with, I am “very young.” But for some reason, I feel like I’ve already lived a thousand lifetimes. I just feel old. Things are hurting already. Ha! In 2019,…
One doesn't run across references to streptococcus bacteria in news accounts of the 1870s very often. Nevertheless, in a July, 1878 edition of the Russian River Flag, a Nicholas Klink is cited as carrying a…
Part 2: The Inquisition Now the dies were cast — I was out of the station and forever labeled a white supremacist/misogynist. There was of course the usual ritual finger-wagging session scheduled with the programming…