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John Walsh, Amy Goodman & Ron Paul

From John Walsh's letter to Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, on the program's coverage of Ron Paul: “I have a bone to pick about your coverage of Ron Paul and the five comments that appeared…

Exporting Our Brains

The Chancellor was absent as University of California police kitted out in battle gear vigorously beat and arrested students and professors at on the Berkeley campus on November 9. Called to account by the Academic…

Close Calls

“Fate laughs at probabilities.” — E.G. Bulwer-Lytton For me to be born, my parents had to meet at Beverly Hills High in 1939, which only happened because in 1932, when my mother Avis was eleven,…

National Intervention

It's been a whirl-wind. Back to school after a holiday break for all of us. Bulbs in the ground, waiting for spring to start their sprouting. Meanwhile, a breath of relaxation before I hit the…

Ohio Newspaper Autopsy

Kings Mills, Ohio — I love newspapers very much. I was delighted to read about the AVA in Judy Muller's recent book ‘Emus Loose In Egnar.’ I thought you and your readers might be interested…

L.A. Woman

Jim won't be there but Ray and Robbie will be. Manzarek and Krieger, of the Doors. Jim won't be and neither will drummer John Densmore.

Mystery Inventions

Deeply moved by a concert of music by Martinû and Mozart, a man gives $50 to a street musician, a Venezuelan bass player whose musical inventions are reminiscent of Eric Satie and Bill Evans. The…

Arise, Students Of California!

Students of California, arise, you have nothing to lose but a crushing debt! The corporate state of California, ever ready to seize its ideological and commercial hour during a recession, has a chokehold on California’s…

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