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Posts published in February 2022

The Official Historian of the 1960s

Todd Gitlin died last week at age 79. The New York Times gave him a rave review in the obituary section and on the op-ed page Michelle Goldberg called her column “Requiem for a Liberal…

Spaced Out

A Review of “Bewilderment,” By Richard Powers. (WW Norton 278 pp. $27.95.) Movie screens are often tinged with it these days. Fiction and non-Fiction authors seem intrigued by it, when not immersed in the genre.…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022

North Winds | Albion Fatality | Angelo Interview | Pet Denny | Joanne Frazer | Mendo Church | Forest Battle | Philo Apples | Ed Notes | Disco Ranch | Yesterday's Catch | Long Walk | No Debt | Working Stiff | SF Muralists | Exceptionally Deluded | Father Finnian | Divestment Bill | Beached Logs | NATO Expansion | Strung Up | Marco Radio | Albion Mill

‘Patriots’ at Dr. Coren’s House

The group calling itself the Mendocino Patriots protested Mendocino County’s Covid-19 health orders, which include keeping a mask mandate in place for at least another month, by gathering outside the Public Health Officer’s home Sunday…

Hopping the Grey Rabbit

As with many mistakes in life and a few smart moves, this story starts with a girl. Shari was her name, or it might have been Sharri. All my life has happened since then, so…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022

Clouds/Sun | 27 New Cases | Free Tests | Fragmentation | V Betrayed | LOBA Poetry | American Healthcare | Greenwood Wharf | Random Riffs | Ed Notes | Caspar Clearcut | Legal Hogwash | Sailing Gualala | Illegal Fireworks | Jones Guilty | Court Closed | Bank Robbery | Caspar Bridge | Hate Crime | Old Mendocino | LOV! | Handy Al | Yesterday's Catch | Working Class | Vincent | Twisted People | People's Convoy | Packed Up | End Times | Silverware Check | Labels | Bob McKee | Angels Share | Staff Reports | Beach Boys | Misty City | Loose Riders | State Emergency | PA Agenda | Hand Cut | Marco Radio | Mendo Hoopsters | Craig Countdown | Hedgehog

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