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Letters to the Editor

HANG ’EM HIGH Editor, Hello my friend. It has been awhile since we have been in touch. I hope this letter finds you well and in good spirits. I just read an article in the…

God’s Work Ethic

One of my childhood friends was from a blue-col­lar Catholic family. Trade unionists. The father was a house painter. The sons, a plumber, a glazier, another painter.... One exception was the music teacher, and of…

The Patient Doctor

My eye doctor for over 20 years, Dr. Clayton Ander­son of Ada, passed away this winter at age 80. Norman Rockwell missed out when he didn’t paint a picture of Doc Anderson, the very model…

The Pope’s Brother: Those Regensburg Choirboys

Perhaps God is exacting his revenge on the Ratzing­ers and on Regensburg, whose cathedral boasted a famed musical establishment claimed by Franz Liszt to be the center of Catholic church music, even above Rome itself.…

Loose in Obamalandia: Riding the Spine of a Damaged Nation

The snow was already dusting the Organ Moun­tains of New Mexico fringing this high desert town, promising a hard winter further up the spine of Obama's America. I ride the Mexican bus (officially doing business…

Letters to the Editor

Advice for Sunkett, Duggles on V'Canto v. Green Door, Nader on health care and much more...

Valley People 3/17/2010

TERRI RHOADES runs the School District's crucial food service program. She also teaches cooking and home economics. It's fair to say that Terri is vital to the daily functioning of the local schools. Last Thursday,…

Off the Record 3/17/2010

This week: deVall & the 5th District Supes race, the Rural Legal Club, Mendo Branch, Tichinin's "Day of Action" and much more...

Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?

Driving down the broad avenues of Cleveland, Ohio, was like flipping through the pages of a picture book about the rise and fall of our industrial empire. Where demolitions had not removed things — a…

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