The Letter to the Editor could have been to Any Newspaper in Anytown, USA: “These illegal immigrants come here, take our jobs, get free health care, free education, and free housing!” I'm leaving out the…
Posts published in August 2011
That debt and sin are synonymous in Christian thought and liturgy might help explain the righteousness of Tea Party discourse, as well as the genuflections of Obama and his acolytes. It’s true that the Sojourners…
“The Possible’s slow fuse is lit By the Imagination.” — Emily Dickinson While following a seemingly insignificant line of thought I will suddenly find myself on a broad avenue of inquiry that becomes the…
One of the drawbacks of dividing my time between Spy Rock and the city was the rigmarole I had to go through every time I left or returned. It wasn’t a big deal in summer.…
I have a hobby of reading war correspondent dispatches. I got addicted when I started reading Ernie Pyle's book ‘Brave Men.’ I have since gained an interest in cub reporters. A cub reporter is a…
THE WAR ON DRUGS To the Editor: At a recent Mendocino Board of Supervisors meeting Supervisor Hamburg criticized Operation Full Court Press. Several local officials stated that the “war on drugs has failed” and that…
Again to immeasurable delight, baseball was a serious undertaking at Camp Fed. Slow-pitch softball rather than the purist form of hardball, but there was an adequate field with a backstop, a moderate bleacher section and…
Start with Obama. Of course he blew it. Whether by artful design or by sheer timidity is immaterial. He blew it. Two days before the United States was officially set to default on its debts…
“Clear Lake is in trouble on many fronts,” reported Mendocino County Supervisor Dan Hamburg at last Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. Clear Lake is in Lake County, not Mendocino County, but Supervisor Hamburg’s promiscuous attentions…