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Marijuana Raids & Covelo

Marijuana advocate Pebbles Trippet on the drug cops' recent adventures in Covelo.

Why Measure C Failed Big Time

Supervisor John Pinches said Tuesday that the reason Measure C went down to a surprisingly large defeat — more than 70% NO — was that…

Those Wondrous, Wacky Giants!

Last Tuesday in San Francisco was one of those days that make you glad to be alive. Sunny, clear skies, low 70s with just a…

The Twilight of Obama-Time

The sun rises this week on a new American land­scape, the same way it rose on a new American land­scape almost exactly two years ago.…

Día de los Muertos

It was awesome.  Last week we decorated Sugar Skulls at the Caspar Community Center.  This week there were alters in many of the shops around…

A 70′s Story of a House: Radical Roomers

In 1970 editor Dwight Macdonald in Tales of Hoffman referred to the 1969 trial of the Chicago Eight as "the most significant kulturekampf of our…

A Fool And His Money

A steel bench on an old prison bus, 400 miles of bone jarring in leg irons and chains. A couple of mystery meat sandwiches that…

Farm To Farm

Returning to the farm on Friday afternoon I was sur­prised to discover a flock of maybe two dozen seagulls lining the ridge of the roof…

Report From Haiti

An opportunity came up for me to go help with the cholera outbreak and I took it. Two other people from All Hands and I…

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