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I Don’t Remember

I Don’t Remember: 1) Voting to wage war against every Muslim nation that is not a pawn of U.S. capital. 2) Voting to support the use of unmanned drones as murder weapons against civilian populations.…

Letter of the Week

STONED DOGS Dear Editor, There is truth to these stories about “stoned dogs,” temporarily disoriented, unable to move normally. But it's not a dangerous situation, as stated by Glenda Anderson in the 5/17/12 Press Democrat:…

Modern Day Pinkertons

San Francisco's Financial District has been a major locus of mobilization for the Occupy Movement. West Coast Occupy actions began in September of 2011 with a call to “occupy” the downtown because of its geographic…

Austerity

“When we deeply understand that actions bring results, it can motivate us to take active responsibility for our actions and our lives.” — Joseph Goldstein Planting time: kale, lettuce, carrots, peas, beets, broccoli. Hearty potato…

River Views

Recent River Views recounted the feud between the Frost and Coates families of Little Lake, the 1867 gunfight that killed Elisha Frost and five Coates men, and the subsequent violence of Frost family members. Mart…

The Luck Of The Iris

I was on the scary side of 65 when I started noticing newsprint a bit blurry, as if my lens was smudged. So I’d clean my glasses, thinking these plastic lenses are nice and light,…

Brave New World, Brave New Majority

The news is in. White births are no longer a majority in the United States. The Bureau of the Census confirms that non-Hispanic whites accounted for 49.6 of all births in the year ending July,…

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