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Posts published in July 2010

The Fall of Obama

The man who seized the White House by fomenting a mood of irrational expectation is now facing the bitter price exacted by reality. The reality is that there can be no “good” American president. It’s…

Off the Record

This week: The FedEx pot shipping duo, boxers owning yachts, and much more.

Valley People

This week: Garrett Mezzanato, Glen Ricard's eye sore, Earl Voorhees' crash landing.

Letters to the Editor

WHAT THE HELL? Editor, For What I’m Worth! In my head I hear voices, they give me direction, they give me choices. Right or wrong I can’t decipher, I guess I’m blessed, I’m not a…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably I shall begin. I am very pleased to report that once again the ‘Dinner and Bingo Night’ at the Senior Center was a big success with…

Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Loretta Houck

I met with Loretta one evening a couple of weeks ago at her new bookstore in the heart of Boonville  — Laughing Dog Books. A couple of customers stopped by but we were able to…

Farm To Farm

Her name is “Rohini.” I'm not too sure about the spelling. I never asked. I think she's in the neighborhood of four years old, a shorthorn cow that was given to me two years ago…

A Couple of Truths: Tuli Is Better Off Dead

Tuli Kupferberg is better off dead. My friend and countercultural icon had been suffer­ing from a couple of strokes, hospitals, breathing tubes, feeding tubes, anemia, infections, blindness, catheter, hearing aids, wheelchairs, psychosis, memory loss, dia­pers,…

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