THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING has resurrected Steve Talbot's first documentary for Frontline called, "The Best Campaign Money Can Buy," just in time for this year's $2 billion presidential race. Watch it online at http://cironline.org/node/3231.…
Posts published in February 2012
MY DATE WITH DEB Editor, Late on February 6th Secretary of State Debra Bowen's office released her list of candidates for President of the United States who would appear on the primary election ballots of…
We no longer see or hear the terms Jewess or Negress, which are insulting in that people are put on a level with animals (tigress, lioness). The suffix in general is old news. (Plus, no…
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. I was approached last week by a keen Valley observer who asked me if I knew why all the “original” hippies settled…
We are fast approaching the July 1st date when the Department of Parks and Recreation will shutter many state parks. It is now certain that some of the 70 parks listed for closing will in…
Having been awarded $200,000 from his presumed murdered son Chris’s estate, Bob Giauque says he can think of no better way to spend it than to post a reward to find out who the killer…
“She wanted to be buried in a coffin filled with used paperbacks.” — Sherman Alexie I suppose it’s a good thing we don’t have a basketball court at our house or I might never go…