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Books, Books

Dear Rebecca Mandelstam, I’m responding to your “Dear Friend” letter, which I received via e-mail yesterday. First, I hope we are “friends,” in some sense, or at least might be, should things work out appropriately…

Will The Democrats Manage To Help Re-Elect Trump?

In 1989, I had a comical but revealing series of encounters with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, his palatial mansion in Palm Beach, Florida. He had bought the giant house, with 58 bedrooms and 33 bathrooms,…

Whitey’s On The Moon

by Fred Gardner A few months ago Governor Newsom visited Alameda Point – our decommissioned Naval Air Station, renamed by developers – to hold a press conference at the HQ of a company called Astra Space,…

Dirty Plea Deal? I Doubt It

We can hardly encounter a steaming chunk of news media these days without being forced to consider the matter of the Guilty as Hell cop who got a sweetheart deal despite wronging an innocent lass…

An Inside Look: The AV Food Bank

Writing a story about the AV Food Bank after it has provided 40 years of service to our community turns out to be mostly a tale of many generous people. Robyn Harper whose name pops…

Reunion On The Playa – 2022

Gathering together again the first thing Burners heard on the Black Rock playa was the laughter of old friends reuniting after three years. It was a love fest for those of us who go for…

John Burroughs: An “Arkie” Teenager Heads West

To continue my “Arkies” in The Valley stories, I thought I would explore the life of an “older” immigrants’ child. As Einstein theorized over a hundred years ago with regard to age and time, everything…

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