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Posts published in May 2024

Goodbye To All That [December 1999]

Somewhere around mid-November the Y2K whimpering died down out of sheer exhaustion. Humboldt County [where Cockburn lived at the time of this writing] is calm. A couple of weeks ago I asked the amiable Jim,…

Mendocino County Today: Monday 5/20/24

Cool | Hills | Frost Fans | Gravesite Robbed | Challenging Dynamic | DUI Guilt | Speaker Rivas | Art Center | Palace Position | Pet Inky | Ukiah Institutions | Grandfather Rocks | Animal Care | Rate Increases | Atomic Test | Ed Notes | Yesterday's Catch | Farmworker Pay | JFK Quote | Dog Insurance | Clean & Sober | Illegal Weed | Debate Conditions | Flat Globe | Threat Response | Hung Laundry | Managing Hypertension | Mr Sketchum | Eurovision Neutrality | Billboard Painters

The Many Voices Of Sheridan Malone

The most shocking jolt I’ve ever experienced at an onstage performance came in the 1980s at the Ukiah Playhouse.  Daughter Emily and I were happily engrossed in ‘Oliver Twist,’ a kid-friendly play with plenty of…

Big Tech Accelerates Isolationism

By producing such extremes of wealth, big tech is returning us to a kind of feudalism, with a few powerful figures accountable to no one. Here’s Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, who — after…

Off the Record (May 19, 2024)

JIM MARTIN Dear Friends of Jim Martin, It is with a heavy heart that I share the news of Jim's passing. As many of you know, he fought hard against lung cancer for the past…

The Little Things That Count [1950]

San Francisco. Sentimental expatriates say, “You can leave it—but it never leaves you.” It has three approaches by land, only one of which is free. It is full of fleas that bite only tourists and…

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