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Posts published in September 2011

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Just the one Public Service Announcement this week. The Mendocino County Fair and Apple Show is here! I’m sure I don’t have…

Farm To Farm

A week of unseasonably cool weather reminiscent of summer days on the Mendo coast blasted through southern Indiana at twenty miles an hour out of the north, with Canada geese in their V-formations. The prevailing…

Clean Up Your Act, Burning Man; Show Us The Money

Last week, over 50,000 people gathered in a Nevada high desert for a big carnival called Burning Man. “Why aren't you at Burning Man right now?” is a common question asked of those who are…

I’m My Own Scab

The leaders of the biggest, baddest and toughest union anywhere around have told its workers to go ahead, take a walkout. Walk away from your desks and offices and trucks and yards for half a…

New Candidates, Old Money: The New Second Congressional Seat

Candidate for the newly created 2nd US Congressional District seat Norman Solomon visited the Mendocino coast last Thursday, appearing at the Caspar Community Center for an evening discussion with about fifty locals, half of whom…

Wrong Thinking

One of my Anthropology professors was Nigerian, his people Yoruba. An exceptional student as a child, he was sent to school in England and eventually got his PhD from a prestigious American university.

Starting Over

Dozens filled a Ukiah conference room to discuss if--and how--to regulate cannabis dispensaries.

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