Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Belated but still important are birthday wishes that are sent to Valley…
Posts published in October 2013
Del Berg, of Tuolumne County, is the last known member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, one of the nearly 3,000 Americans who volunteered to fight fascism in Spain in the opening years of World War II.
JUSTICE FOR SUSAN KEEGAN! by Karen Feiden Plea to DA Eyster: Compel the Divorce Mediator to Talk. We believe it is urgent that Mendocino County…
SUPERVISOR JOHN PINCHES, as reported in these pages, has made it clear that he intends to challenge the Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA) to force…
Even though Mom used to warn against women who laughed too loudly, my cousin Monica and I cultivated our “cackles” and had fun doing it.…
More than one friend, when told I was reading the “definitive” new biography of Charles Manson, said “Why would anybody want to read that?” It's…
Today I was riding a bike around a neighborhood, or “quarter” as they call it here. I’m looking for a house to rent for just…
Konrad Lorenz famously defined aggression as “the fighting instinct in beast and man which is directed against members of the same species.”
"THE FACT that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the…