There are lines that have been drawn that reveal fascist tendencies on both sides of our governmental duopoly. Loyal Democrats in our county believe that…
Posts tagged as “essays”
After years of sticking it to the man, prominently upthrusting my middle finger in the general direction of the man, breaking the man’s balls for…
Dearest bitch by the bay, when a best friend John suggested we meet in your bosom to spend a few leisurely days, I thought of…
It’s been one year since my book came out. I had joined a Hawaii writers’ group at the end of 2016 to get some inspiration…
In February, 1874, blue-eyed, brown haired Helmuth Seefeldt was born in Demmin, on the West Pomeranian plain of northeastern Germany at the confluence of three…
Fifty years ago, there were ongoing clashes between rebellious longhaired youth and law enforcement. In Mendocino County, it would play out in peculiar fashion, resulting…
Luxury is a relative concept and any particular person’s idea of it is directly associated with his or her personal circumstances, regardless of the common…
“When pigs fly,” is a centuries old adynaton, insinuating the obvious impossibility of a statement. However, pigs have flown. The first pig to fly was…
The Times' CIA correspondent David Sanger reported Oct. 7 that Gen. William Westmoreland had requested "tactical" nuclear weapons to be shipped to Vietnam in February,…
My curiosity finally got the best of me. After reading Comptche resident Jerry Philbrick’s almost weekly letters to the AVA I just had to meet…
William Held and Dr. Case, of Ukiah, were riding northbound in a buggy on an early December evening, destination Centerville in the Potter Valley district.…