Everybody has their horror story about unions. “Of course, he's union, so you can't get rid of him,” is the usual punch line after a…
Posts published in March 2011
When my teenage son and I bounced from Boonville in the middle of January we were merely embarking on a visiting mission — a vacation,…
Few things are more entertaining than defenses of the indefensible, as was proven by the charge of the lite brigade into the blathersphere earlier this…
Although very rusty, I'm range-qualified on the M-1 rifle, .30-caliber carbine, recoil-less rocket-propelled anti-tank weapon (bazooka), .30- and .50-calibre machine guns, M-2 flamethrower, Thompson “Tommy”…
“The poet’s only responsibility is to write fresh lines.”--Charles Olson With all due respect to the organization known as Poets & Writers, I have always…
From Washington DC we hear brave talk about Uncle Sam leading the charge for democracy across the Arab world, and thus restoring himself to high…
ART KNIGHT has passed away at his home in Clearlake. The Knights lived for years in Philo. Their son Adrian and his wife Ann and…
As expected, Supervisor John McCowen brought up Mendocino County’s participation in the perpetual sales of “unbuildable” Brooktrails lots to unsuspecting buyers. When these unsuspecting buyers…
The first week of Matthew Graves' trial was like a gun show. Last week the jury saw hundreds of marijuana plants from a network of gardens spread out over the hills of the Foster Creek drainage in the Bell Springs area of Northern Mendocino County.
This Week: A memorial for John Ross; an exit for North Coast Journal editor Hank Sims; a new police chief for Fort Bragg.
In the biggest Mendocino County wine deal ever, Fetzer Vineyards of Hopland is being sold to a Chilean company for $238 million. Vina Concha y…