A striking 19th century Jules Tavernier painting at first glance seems focused solely on native Pomo dancers performing before a large group of Elem Colony indigenous people gathered in an underground roundhouse on the eastern…
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Hatred for Russia is surging. A University in Italy even cancelled a course on Dostoevsky, one of Russia’s famous writers of the nineteenth century. Looked at differently however, Ukraine is actually turning turning into a…
A friend has two kids in public school, so I apologized to her for the education they’ll not receive, and she went on to tell me what they do when classes let out: Video games. …
In these turbulent times it is good to go “home,” even if for just a short visit. Almost 20 years have passed since I lived in a place our family always called “the Crofoot house.”…
Ripped Van Winkle strolling through the hills Known for herb the local pub distills Decided he would just step in and hoist a glass With some conscious members of the peasant class The barkeep was Peter Van DamRecently…
To my mother I said, “I asked you, told you more than twice, please Mom, no ‘welcome home’ party, please,” but she stared at me and smiled and said, “This isn’t a party. It’s a…
Red-white-and-blue chauvinism is running wild. Yet there are real diplomatic alternatives to the collision course for war. Fifty-nine years ago, Bob Dylan recorded “With God on Our Side.” You probably haven’t heard it on the…
Bob Lorentzen has died. He is best known in this household for authoring a series of guide books, including The Hikers hip pocket Guide to the Mendocino Coast. That book details over fifty strolls, walks,…
On August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein ordered the Iraqi army to invade and occupy Kuwait in an operation that led to Iraq’s defeat in war, rebellions crushed in blood, 13 years of UN sanctions, defeat…