One of the more depressing experiences related to drug use is being compelled to listen to somebody trying to convey some "cosmic" revelation they had while under the influence. But there are rare exceptions. E.g.:…
Posts published in “Essays”
Unions? Organized labor? The AFL-CIO? Those words were nowhere to be heard in President Obama's State of the Union address, despite labor's vital role in the economy and strong support for Obama. The continued support…
Sick with disappointment that I missed the Tin-Tin movie showing in Eureka, I had to settle for Obama’s State of the Union and Thursday’s Republican debate in Jacksonville. Await a presidential State of the Union…
Scattered through the mountains surrounding Anderson Valley are many natural openings that had been in grass mostly since man came to the Valley. Over the last hundred years or so the open land has been…
Last fall I wrote a short piece, ‘Passing Strange,’ about the detention of my son, Franklin, by Customs and Immigration officials at Heathrow Airport. Franklin had flown to the United Kingdom in early September to…
With legal issues unresolved and federal threats still looming, the county's moratorium on medical marijuana dispensary applications has been extended by ten and a half months. Unanimously approved at the Jan. 24 Board of Supervisors…