I first heard the expression “My Bad” used on a basketball court circa 1975. The expression most likely came into being among jazz musicians, for…
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A FORMULA FOR DISASTER Dear Mr. Anderson: A nuclear bomb explodes with great force destroying immediately with blast, then destroying long-term with radioactivity. Detonated at…
I met with Jim Mastin at The Redwood Drive-In on a quiet afternoon in Boonville a couple of weeks ago and we sat down to…
While people protest the terrible Arizona state law that uses local law enforcement to target immigrants, the federal government is expanding its efforts to use…
I am amazed that I have never even been in an Oldsmobile. Cadillacs, Gremlins, Jaguars, GMCs — I even drove a Ferrari once — but…
Jazz is often held to be the most direct form of personal expression: the taciturn cool of Miles (or do I mean cruelty?); the flighty…
THE INVESTIGATION continues into that tractor loader abandoned in Little Mill Creek, Navarro. The tractor is only one of several pieces of stolen construction equipment,…
A BIG WET WATER SCAM Editor: The Central Valley of California spans almost the length of the state. It lies in a generally north-south direction.…