The clocks are literally ticking as Mexico starts the final leg of the countdown to the 200th anniversary of its independence from Spain. Dozens of huge, solar-powered timepieces have been installed in this monster city's…
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It was a warm and wonderful summer that ended last week with the Labor Day holiday. I usually avoid summertime extravaganzas big enough to require one to park on grass and get on a bus,…
Last week I wrote that Nate Davis was the most physically gifted young QB in the entire NFL and that it would be a blunder for the 49ers to cut him before he had a…
Last night representatives from the local water agencies met to hear a presentation by the Corps of Engineers on its plans for the Coyote Dam at Lake Mendocino. The public was invited. Bill and I…
An increasing number of drawing-room revolutionaries have begun to discuss their strategies to overthrow that despot, the musical score. Rather than treat the notes on the page with slavish admiration, these musicians — Uri Caine’s…
Just a couple of days ago I sat sweltering in the heat, feeling like even a sundress was too much clothing for the temperature of the day. Today I wear long sleeves, tights and boots…
(Wednesday, September 8, 2010) — Today I fly to Haiti. In some way I feel like I am going home. For three months I called an unfinished nightclub in Leogane Haiti home. I went to…