“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.” — Abraham Lincoln Our maternal grandfather Casey died…
Posts published in “Essays”
CLOGG APOLOGIZES, SORT OF Editor, We are reeling from the murder of Fort Bragg city councilman and former mayor, Jere Melo. I offer my sympathy…
We’re homing in on the tenth anniversary of the destruction of the Wall Street World Trade Towers and the attack on the Pentagon. One in…
The voice of the warehouse madman woke me up. “Hey dude, it’s Wayne,” his Arkansas accent scratched its way through my answering machine. “Jus’ callin’…
Capital is mired in its greatest slump since the 1930s. The ecological fabric that sustains life throughout much of the world is being brutally eradicated;…
It's Paul Bunyan Days here in Fort Bragg. After a little grocery shopping for tomorrow's family brunch, we walked down town. The Classic Car Show…
August 16, 2011 To: Mr. Marc [sic] Scaramella Re: Citizens Advisory Committee on Redistricting Dear Mr. Scaramella: On behalf of the Mendocino County Board of…
The role of public higher education in California's economy is well understood. The state's enormous constellation of classrooms and labs are the engine of change,…
The White House that shook in last Tuesday’s earthquake has been home to its present incumbent for 32 months. Obama wasn’t around to watch the…
My after action report on the annual Rockabilly in the Redwoods Festival is tardy this year since I was taken back to Tulsa right after…
"Our business gets better as the economy gets worse.” — Kent Moyer, founder & CEO of World Protection Group Inc. The business referred to in…