LOCAL OR LOCOWEED? Editor, The “Superweeds” are here, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article “Superweed Outbreak Triggers Arms Race.” It reports that several varieties of weeds have developed an immunity to the herbicide…
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The U.S. Department of Energy says America uses 20 Million Barrels of oil a day. That's 833,333 barrels an hour, a Billion Barrels every 50 days, about 7.5 Billion Barrels a year. Problem is, Big…
THE TAO OF NOW Editor, When isn't the United States of America at war? The Taoist ethic says, “Arms are the instruments of unhappiness, not of nobility. The wise man conquers unwillingly.” Little drops of…
Judge Ronald Brown has put his stamp of approval on child rapists in Fort Bragg and beyond.
MARGINALIA Editor: Here are some humbly suggested marginalia. Comparisons are slippery. Any ordinary city is in fact two cities, one a city of the poor, the other of the rich. Each at war with the…
It was Grand Central Station for medical marijuana the night I met Russell Rexrode at the Johnny Winters Music Fest at the Navarro General Store.
SOFTPOCALYPS NOW Greetings Editor: News From An Alien Planet: Certain signs of the upcoming “soft-pocalypse.” It's sort of like the future “Hard Apocalypse,” but with training wheels. • Increased energy bills but less energy. •…