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Posts published in “Essays”

Looking Back, Part 1

I never attended Kindergarten. I’ve had the audacity, over the years and decades, to claim that fact as the underlying reason for every life failure (or life lesson gone awry) that I’ve ever experienced since…

The Nameless Cowgirl

So if you're wondering where I went, I will just be honest and tell you I have a new project for school that is taking up a bit of my blogging juice. You can find…

What Multi-Nationals Don’t Want You To Know About GMOs

Shouldn’t we all have the right to make informed decisions about the foods we may wish -- or, more significantly, not wish -- to consume? The US is one of the only industrialized nations that…

The Doper In The Uniform

In 2011, bicycling champion Lance Armstrong demanded an apology from “60 Minutes” after the program alleged that he used banned drugs to ride faster. Then he shut up, and then the truth came out, and…

City-States

My brother, a successful Internet Technology person living in San Mateo, recently wrote, “I know the Bay Area is back because for about three years no one was going out to dinner and a concert,…

Rigging The Presidential Debates

The three upcoming so-called presidential debates (actually parallel interviews) between Obama and Romney show the pathetic mainstream campaign press for what it is — a mass of dittoheads desperately awaiting gaffes or some visual irregularity…

Fire In The Backyard

In Comptche there’s nothing like a wave of fire exploding across your neighbor’s fields headed for your home to instill a love for friends, CalFire, and your local volunteer fire department. At home alone, with…

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