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Myth & History

Historical facts. Hmm. When I was attending UC Santa Cruz in the late 1960’s (and I really did do that) Norman O. Brown came to teach at our newborn college. His course Myth & History was open to undergrads, so I signed up to hear what the famous man had to say.

Lessons Of The Oscars

Think back all of a week or less — an eternity as measured by the ADHD chronometers of pop culture — to the conclusion of the Oscar pageant in the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood last…

Twenty Years Old, Grange Variety Show The Best Ever

Jews harps, kazoos, and accordions. The county’s big­gest oak dance floor and the world’s smallest cow. A Medicare-eligible woman hanging upside down from the ceiling and pre-pubescent divas with broken hearts. Bearded ballerinas. A show…

Letters To The Editor

THE LITTLE PEOPLE Dear Colonel: My apologies for the sudden spate of communications, but I had to comment on the February 23 Todd Walton piece on the Bushmen. It cemented his place in my gallery…

Book Up On Diabetes, Doc

Editor, A Short-Term Death Sentence — On February 19 while in Mendocino County Jail I was tested at 4am and had low blood sugar of 59. I was given 25 units of Lantus but I…

Off The Record

This Week: David Eyster's promising start; Willits' blue-clay slip-slide; Jerry Brown's big lie; and much more

Valley People

HIS MANY FRIENDS in The Valley are saddened by the passing of Chad Ewing, 24, of Philo. Chad was a sixth generation native of the Anderson Valley and served in the Army. Family and friends…

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