More of our young soldiers are now killing them selves than are being killed in our wars in the Middle East. The following poem by a 24-year-old former Marine, who slashed his wrists twice after four years of duty and two tours of combat, tells it all.
Posts published in “Essays”
Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Meeting, March 23, 2010. Subject: Earthquake insurance for the courthouse. Cost: About $85k for a policy that covers up $50 million, then if the damage is more than that the…
Chekov's Uncle Vanya on the Mendo Coast.
After a full day of testimony from Rogers and his ex-attorney, Judge Ron Brown denied Rogers' bid for a new trial Friday afternoon at Ukiah Superior Court.
Don’t get excited. It’ll never happen. Is there really a crisis in US-Israeli relations? Yes and No. Yes, because the world’s premier power doesn’t care to have its vice president publicly humiliated by a midget…
The final installment in Will Parrish & Darwin Bond-Graham's series on financier and Godzilla UC Regent Richard Blum.
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. First let me inform you that the always-smiling and friendly guy who regularly walks the dogs from the Animal Rescue around town…
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…