OCCUPY OBAMA Editor, The Occupy Wall Street protest movement that emerged this summer in New York City as a public rebuke of corporate greed, fat-cat government bailouts, and the decimation of social programs is the…
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UNOCCUPIED Editor, I am sorry to have missed both of the Occupy Wall Street actions that took place recently in Ukiah. This genuinely spontaneous, grassroots movement is truly one of the most exciting and encouraging…
SOME PEOPLE Letter to Editor, Why People Support Laura’s Law The reason law enforcement officers across the country support Laura’s Law is because they know the people who are candidates to receive Laura’s Law treatment,…
PRO-MAGNON Blessed event: Don MacQueen has let slip news of my candidacy for president. I will run (or shamble) if called, but not if called “late for chow.” Negotiations to secure (sic) Supervisor Smith as…
Editor, In watching across the lobby of the local clinic I see two little girls and a boy playing at a table with Plato and all the accessories that go along with it. There are…
GRANGE REPORT Editor, I was off a couple weekends back attending the Grangers State Convention at the Palermo Grange just outside of Oroville. Four days of Grangers catching up, talking resolutions, sharing music, jokes and…
CRACKPOTS, AN ANALYSIS Dear Lee Simon, Thanks for your scientific response to my conjecture about possible after-life scenarios. My father was an atheist medical doctor and his religion was Science, so reading your letter was…
RUSH FOR PA SCHOOL BOARD Dear Editor: I am often questioned as to why I am so involved in the school district since I have no children or grandchildren in it. I can only say…
Dear AVA, Were I asked at any point in my life where I saw myself at the age of 51, the answer would invariably have been: Dead. Not from any romantic notion about leaving a…