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The Rest of the Sausage

Last week our Supervisors report was pretty long so we didn’t publish the full dialogue surrounding the motion at the end of the Board of Supervisors meeting to get the Final Environmental Impact Report for…

Amy Winehouse & America’s #1 Health Problem

Is addiction a “disease?” Depends on who you ask, it seems, but if you ask those with the most experience and training — including doctors and scientists in the field — the answer is yes.

Why We Hate Illegal Immigrants

The Letter to the Editor could have been to Any Newspaper in Anytown, USA: “These illegal immigrants come here, take our jobs, get free health care, free education, and free housing!” I'm leaving out the…

The Debt Cantata

That debt and sin are synonymous in Christian thought and liturgy might help explain the righteousness of Tea Party discourse, as well as the genuflections of Obama and his acolytes. It’s true that the Sojourners…

Brandon Crawford

“The Possible’s slow fuse is lit   By the Imagination.” — Emily Dickinson While following a seemingly insignificant line of thought I will suddenly find myself on a broad avenue of inquiry that becomes the…

Spy Rock Memories, Part 7

One of the drawbacks of dividing my time between Spy Rock and the city was the rigmarole I had to go through every time I left or returned. It wasn’t a big deal in summer.…

On The Trail of Ernie Pyle’s Cub Reports

I have a hobby of reading war correspondent dispatches. I got addicted when I started reading Ernie Pyle's book ‘Brave Men.’ I have since gained an interest in cub reporters. A cub reporter is a…

A Memoir: The Fortunate Son, Part 15

Again to immeasurable delight, baseball was a serious undertaking at Camp Fed. Slow-pitch softball rather than the purist form of hardball, but there was an adequate field with a backstop, a moderate bleacher section and…

Ready To Vote For Mitt Romney?

Start with Obama. Of course he blew it. Whether by artful design or by sheer timidity is immaterial. He blew it. Two days before the United States was officially set to default on its debts…

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