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Posts published in February 2022

Mendocino County Today: Monday, Feb. 28, 2022

Mostly Dry | Geneva | Russian Bombing | Berlin | Stiff Resistance | Prague | Beautifying Boonville | Mendo Poets | Boonville Projects | Milan | Al Testimonial | Ukiah Aerial | Lost Forest | Chicago | Spain Paroled | Affordable Housing | Stehr Hospitalized | Amsterdam | Power Costs | Tbilisi | Enough Dispensaries | Loose Lips | Mural Fever | Yesterday's Catch | Oslo | Crypto Putin | Crisis Response | Two Sides | Athens | Ukraine History | Defense | Slovenian Response | Lisbon | Cold Warring | New York | Nuclear Threat | Not Russia | All Electric | Paris | Growing Old | London | SNL Tribute | Liberace Tells | Red Disease | Copenhagen | Community College | Country Women | You Decide | Madrid | Angelo Legacy | With You | More Censorship | Munich | War Propaganda | St. Petersburg

The Humiliation of Dr. Chen

The US government has dropped charges against Dr. Gang Chen, an MIT scientist accused of concealing Chinese affiliations when he applied for $2.7 million in grants from the US Energy Department. Ellen Berry reported in…

To Get School Lunches, I Washed the Other Kids’ Trays

My mother didn’t allow television or sugar in our home, so other kids’ houses were magical places with Saturday morning cartoons and Skippy peanut butter. I still remember the kitchen where I had my first…

Fixing the World (a Dog’s Advice)

Longtime readers may recall that when the Spousal Unit leaves the house and the dog and I are alone with our brandy, we often have conversations, mostly about me. Being a journalist I am by…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022

Rain Chances | Homeless Shelter | High Alert | Loyd Ballew | Stained Glass | Host Al | Rabies Clinic | School News | Pet Anita | CoCo Raise | Salmon Creek | Ukiah Dispensary | Hay Harvest | Covelo Investigation | Town Hall | Elk Roadside | Free Lunch | Pomo Land | PGrrr&E | Police Reports | Honeymoon Fighters | Yesterday's Catch | Ed Notes | Romanov Ball | Ukraine Defense | Bird Wings | Live Music | Puppetshow | Dr. Strangelove | Revolutionary Women | Disconnected Politics | Dream Bowl | Marco Radio | Ukraine Flag | Visionary Neumann | Pretty Smart | In Ruins | Jeanne d'Arc | Holding On | Resistance

Uh Oh, No O’io!

Honolulu -- Hawaiian bonefish, called o’io here, have shoulders. They’re bigger, beefier and warier than their Caribe cousins. Not to worry If one of these silver wraiths of the coral flats breaks your line and…

Democrats: The More Effective Evil

When all else fails, when you are clueless about how to halt a 7.5% inflation rate, when your Build Back Better bill is gutted, when you renege on your promise to raise the minimum wage…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022

Cold Front | 10 New Cases | Kyiv Alone | Redbeard Strikes Out | Coast Hawk | Ukraine's Fate | Navarro Redwoods | War Masters | Under Seige | Jenny's Giant | Bulk Sale | Cynical Poll | Dimmock Highway | Supe Correspondence | Yesterday's Catch | Memory Loss | Noyo Fog | Most Dysfunctional | Commune Girls | Hillary Sedition | Russian Character | Happiness | Hun Smash | Player Revolt | Socialism Monkey | Marco Radio | Only We | Priced Out | UFO Quality | Ineffective Sanctions | Wax Heads | Black Lady | Albion Crew | Last Words | Soviet Spelling | Nicolini Memoir | Nevada Test

Hate Speech Nonsense: The Solutions

A month ago I wrote a column featuring former County Supervisor John McCowen’s thoughts on retiring CEO Carmel Angelo’s tenure in Mendo County. As I said then, a number of authoritarian, PC lunatics called McCowen’s…

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