Rednecks fear that hidden gene That’s in somebody’s blood That interferes with lean and mean And Mississippi mud — Or puts the lean and mean…
Posts published in March 2010
When Amy Bishop was hired by the University of Alabama in Huntsville seven years ago, she appeared to have everything going for her: she was…
In spite of this winter’s rains, California is still going into its fourth year of drought and its second year of high-powered water warfare. The…
Given my choice of movies, the execrable Michael Jackson puff piece/pseudo-documentary *This Is It* would have remained near the bottom of my list, but on…
The soggy agony of March! The lone ray of cheer in the last dreary week was when the swans settled on the pond in front…
The economic value of timberlands has fallen, there is a decrease in industrial ownership and timberland subdivisions have increased, county planning staff has told the…
The Friends of the Eel River (FOER) has filed a petition asking the State Water Resources Control Board to “protect public trust resources on the Eel River and prevent unreasonable use of water” by reducing or eliminating PG&E’s water rights. And after hearing requests for the county to become involved as a supporting party, supervisors showed interest in doing so.
Mexico City — Last July, in a meticulously planned raid reminiscent of classic guerrilla jail breakouts that are legend in Latin America, a commando group…
I am remembering now a call of a few months ago. Some calls linger in my mind while others fade away gradually. It’s random, but…