Checking to see what time the Rose Bowl would be on today (Oregon vs Ohio State), I was amazed by the proliferation of bowl games. I obviously haven’t been paying attention. Since December 14, 2024,…
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I hurt my back last week. No, wait. That’s not right. I meant to say “My back hurt me last week” and hasn’t stopped. I might need a tourniquet. Backs go out and seem to…
It wasn’t Abbie Hoffman’s finest moment. But it was one of them. It was a critical moment in 1987 when he and the daughter of a president protested against the presence of the CIA and…
Dictators – whether in Spain, South Africa, Romania or Syria — retain power for decades. They can seem impregnable and invulnerable. But they always fall, and when they do fall the world acts surprised. It…
I came here from Wyoming, like Fremont, in moccasins. And like Fremont I met some Native Americans along the way. I remember one laconic old warrior in particular. He gave me a ride on his…
The history of Mendocino County is told in fits and starts, in family memoirs, old timer interviews and in whispered references to long-ago scandals only hinted at by the newspapers of the time. “The Nelson…
Watching the high school kids tottering up the hiking trail under ridiculous burdens I was reminded of the studies of GIs who jumped into the surf in the Normandy landings with 80 pound packs on…