The legendary American abolitionist Frederick Douglass observed in the 1800s that "Power concedes nothing without demand. It never did and it never will." And thus the long legacy of conflict whenever the status quo is…
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Vermont’s Senator Bernie Sanders spoke for months about his “historic” efforts to get a vote on a single-payer health care bill in the Senate. While we all knew the outcome was going to be a…
In my younger days I had a habit that I thought was amusing but which I imagine most people found very annoying. It consisted of making up stories — okay, you could be uncharitable and…
The state’s nearly $120 million plan to build a new Mendocino County Courthouse is shaping up to be the single biggest investment ever in Ukiah’s downtown. It presents an opportunity to rectify one of the…
David Colfax's penchant for substance-free tirades is unsurpassed among Mendo Supes.
Last year we got a rescue cat that my son-in-law named Barako — hoping, I think, that the animal would clean up the right-wing rodent population around the place. I’m not very good with names…
AV 58, Pacific Union 42 Last Tuesday the Panthers basketball teams saw action in the Napa Valley where they played the Pacific Union Falcons in Angwin. The Panthers came on fast and strong with a…
At the Tuesday, December 8, Board of Supervisors meeting, after about three hours of the usual rambling discussion about the first quarter status of the County budget (which three months were being reported was never…
From the blogs: Mike Geniella on writing for the AVA.com