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What Lasts?

“You are the music while the music lasts.”— T.S. Eliot Long ago, in a time when records were big round vinyl things activated by spinning…

Amsterdam Holiday, Part 2

Conveniently enough there's a Wijn bar on Rustenburgerstraat now where you head left for the frazzled Bed and Coffee. By frazzled, I mean things have…

Letters To The Editor

PONTIFICATING DISGRACES To the Editor: We’ve all seen movies about the crimes and evils concocted in corporate and political boardrooms, most of the time based…

Goodbye Peak Oil, Hello Glut

I’ve never had much time for “peak oil” (the notion held with religious conviction by many on the left here, that world oil production either…

The Short, Sad Saga Of Aaron Bassler

And thus ended the short, sad saga of Aaron James Bassler, shot to death a little after noon on last Saturday's perfect fall day. The…

Off The Record

THE JACKALS of the local media, especially at the big-toothed Press Democrat, are always happy to see pot raids on the locally prominent, especially the…

Valley People

IN THE MEDIA clamor surrounding the Aaron Bassler manhunt, Robert Pinoli frequently appeared on television and radio. Articulate and always on point, Pinoli, manager and…

Biting The Bullet

On July 9th, Ira Bowes was walking along UP Ave­nue in Covelo, and as he passed the Hanover residence, he became the object of what…

Who Stole Tony Sanchez’s Guns?

Judge Richard Henderson found enough evidence at a preliminary hearing last Wednesday to bind Xavier Francis over for trial for the theft of five rifles…

What The Tooth Fairy Can And Cannot Do

It's funny because a week ago he told me his tooth was loose. I tried to wiggle it and shrugged since I did not find…

One Played & Won; Two Canceled!

The report below speaks of football when to some readers it means soccer, or perhaps futbol to others. Last Wednesday afternoon, the Panthers were well prepared…

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