It was on a Thursday in late May, 1990, that a bomb exploded under Judi Bari’s seat as she and her beau, Darryl Cherney, were…
Posts tagged as “essays”
BOOK REVIEW: An Eclectic History of Mendocino County, by Katy M. Tahja. Tahjanjoki Press, Comptche, 2019, 166 pages, $22.00. Katy Tahja, a local retired educator and…
There are certain people society has taught us to trust and respect, like doctors, judges and the police. In my life I have found out…
Samuel Carr, who turned state’s evidence against his fellow Mendocino Outlaws, served two years in the state penitentiary then gained his release in May, 1882.…
My friend drove me up to the doctor in Eureka in the pickup I lent him while his car was being repaired. I had been…
There’s a new John Mitchell in town. Like Nixon’s attorney general, the lawyer who wrote the Texas anti-abortion bill that took effect Sept. 1 and…
One of my longtime favorite friends is Len Finocchio, who besides being a bigshot health expert with a doctorate in public health is a former…
Healthcare is not usually funny. However, there are eighty-seven certified clowns working in hospitals across the Czech Republic. Once in awhile you get an idea…
Twenty or so years ago those of my generation began reviewing their pensions and plotting their retirements. Anywhere from San Diego to Vermont would do,…
One has come to accept, even perversely enjoy, the full foolish fury of America’s National Anthem as patriotic prelude to the country’s most brutal sports.…
This ordinarily would be the time I’d be submitting a story to the AVA about being a senior citizen out on the playa in the…