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Posts published in September 2013

‘Personalized Medicine’

Technology rules our lives, or rather, those who develop and sell it want us to believe that. Those who are peddling all manner of genetic…

River Views

A year ago this week I wrote about a then obscure independently produced documentary called Searching for Sugar Man, about a Detroit singer/songwriter who disappeared…

Life & Death

Marcia and I had breakfast on Wednesday morning at Ravens’, the wholly vegan restaurant at the Stanford Inn, our meal courtesy of a gift certificate Marcia received for officiating at a wedding. I especially enjoyed the coffee and orange juice and the view of Big River Beach.

The People v. Will Parrish

The phylogenetic morphallaxis of certain dendrophiles as they impinge upon the oscine avifauna specific to Little Lake Valley has caused considerable consternation among the more…

The Tech Industry & Social Disruption

Disruption was once a theory of social change that inspired the radical Left. In the 1970s scholars like Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward developed…

Cecilia Pardini To Retire

This will be the last time Mendocino County Fairgoers and entrants will see beloved staffer Cecilia Pardini — a familiar face at the front desk…

A Decent Pair Of Walking Shoes

I bought an old ’67 Volvo Sedan for $75.00. It belonged to a fella dock mate at the Berkeley Marina, a Pagan witch named Eldrie,…

Mendocino County Today: September 17, 2013

MENDO’S NEW MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM by Malcolm Macdonald In August, the California State Auditor’s office issued a performance review on the Mental Health Serv­ices Act.…

The Hardest Working Man In Show Bidness

Next to Ali, I’d be willing to bet that James Brown is the most widely known Afro-American in the world. There are probably teenage Japanese…

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