Press "Enter" to skip to content

Posts tagged as “essays”

US Nursing Homes in Crisis: A Perfect Storm

This is the first in a two-part series in which we will examine the national picture for US nursing homes and then next week turn our attention to the specific challenges faced by some of…

If There’s An Autopsy, Add This Report

TOPIC: Heart Attacks Q: Which one is not like the other two? A: The third one. For me at least. I know for some people the first heart attack is the worst because that’s the…

A Fan’s Notes

Writing last week’s column in support of Andrew Wiggins, my mind was poisoned by hatred for Johnson & Johnson & Joe Lacob. I was restored to perspective by an MD I trust, who emailed: “It…

Lawrence Livermore & Piano Jimmy

It was a real kick-in-the-memory to read about Larry Livermore coming back to say hi and reminisce about Spy Rock and his Lookout band and creating unappreciated turbulence in Laytonville. Before Larry and a few…

Book Review: Maurice Tindall’s ‘Down To Earth’

Are there many of us left in The Valley who remember Maurice Tindall, never mind even know who he was? The other evening I was idly perusing my book shelves looking for some good after-dinner…

California’s Pot Farm Raids

Growing, selling and using cannabis is legal in California under state law. So many people across the country were shocked last week to see images of Alameda County sheriff’s deputies hacking through marijuana plants with…

A Brief History of Yorkville

in 1867 Elijah Hiatt along with his wife Elizabeth purchased a small piece of ground from a man named Richard York. This same year Elijah Hiatt went to work to build a large two-story house…

Balls to Masks

He had oil in his beard and defiance in his eye. Both gleamed in the October sunshine streaming through the windows at the back of the immigration hall at Heathrow Airport Terminal 2. The meticulously…

-