How many musicians can really be seen as revolutionaries — in not just musical terms but political ones as well? Fela Kuti is one such…
Posts published in November 2011
Grappling with legal uncertainties, liability risks and a 300-page staff report, Humboldt County’s Board of Supervisors has voted to pursue a moratorium on new medical…
When Governor Brown issued his list of State Park closures on May 13th, a numb silence spread through our park system. At first, Californians could…
The “Question Authority” bumper sticker is obsolete. Authority has been thoroughly questioned — and failed the interview. The evidence of its failure is global, as…
From Manhattan, to Nashville, to St Louis, to Portland, Oregon, to Oakland, California, the police this week moved in to clear out the Occupy Wall…
Sheriff Bobby Grubbs is the top cop in Brownwood, Texas, a small town of some twenty thousand church-going souls smack in the center of the…
The biggest news in the past month with the little man was that the he is doing great in school via the Parent-Teacher Conference. The…
You know you’re in trouble when the clouds turn green and start spinning on a vortex. You really should’ve gotten out of there by now.…
Occasionally the iron heel comes down on people who are widely respected and/or have the resources and will to fight back effectively. “The feds have…