The three upcoming so-called presidential debates (actually parallel interviews) between Obama and Romney show the pathetic mainstream campaign press for what it is — a mass of dittoheads desperately awaiting gaffes or some visual irregularity…
Posts published in October 2012
In Comptche there’s nothing like a wave of fire exploding across your neighbor’s fields headed for your home to instill a love for friends, CalFire, and your local volunteer fire department. At home alone, with…
The importance of music can only be truly gauged by its absence. A bride walking down the aisle in silence is an act that thunders more loudly than a hundred trumpets and timpani. Likewise, watching…
The second half of the season began with Anderson Valley having only one loss to-date, but with the three draws in league play. A continuing inability to score goals with any sort of regularity meant…
COUNTERPUNCH Presents the West Coast Memorial Celebrating the Life & Work of Our Friend, Alexander Cockburn. Saturday, October 20, 2012. 5-7pm, Citizen Space, 425 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA. The event will be emceed by…
When Ohio National Guardsmen fired sixty-seven gun shots in thirteen seconds at Kent State University (KSU) on May 4, 1970, they murdered four unarmed, protesting college students and wounded nine others. For forty-two years, the…
THAT POTENTIAL TRAIN WRECK in the person of Rich White, the County’s recently hired Retirement Administrator who wants to hire a $110k per year (including benefits) full-time “financial officer” to do much of what White…