One of the things Mendocino County taught me was the value of being a conscience-free liar when useful and/or profitable. People have been coming to Mendotopia for years and decades, and a fair percentage of…
Posts published in June 2023
Daniel Ellsberg, who recently announced that he has pancreatic cancer and doesn’t have much longer to live, sent out an email in which he wrote, “It is long past time--but not too late!--for the world's…
At one point in my tumultuous Executive Editorship of Ramparts Magazine in the 1960s, it seemed time either to retreat or send in reinforcements. So I bludgeoned Larry Bensky, the current victim on the sacrificial…
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They say to wait until after Mother’s Day to plant your summer garden because there can always be a late frost. I waited and then I waited and then I waited some more, distracted by…
Wasting time, money, and energy on The Marijuana Highway… (What's done is done and all I can do is look back with regret but that's not helpful so it's time to just move on but…
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