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The Milky Way

The rich drop bombs, the poor plant bombs; armies crush their enemies en masse from above; terrorists counterattack from below in blind spasms. Above all this hatred lies The Milky Way. Missiles use it to…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015

Frigid Mornings;
Firing Squad;
Post Offices;
Bye-bye Mattress;
Yesterday's Catch;
O'Malley Rally;
MCB Gardens Events;
M5 Closed;
Priorities;
Yazzle Dazzled;
Important Test;
The Nothing;
Warrant Wednesday;
Favorite Book;
Credit Rating;
Ukiah Friday;
New Year Doggerel

Crazy Money

Just got the annual news from Social Security about how much they will be sending me each month in 2016. Last year, they upped me from 565 dollars to 575, not much of an increase, but this year the powers that be have declared: there was no increase in the cost of living in 2015. Thus zero increase in Social Security for me, though my Medicare payment is going up, so actually less money for me.

Rebel Reporting

John Ross was a man who lived as he chose and wrote it as he damned well pleased. A reporter with a cause in the time-honored leftwing American tradition of John Reed and I.F. Stone, Ross chose to live most of his life in Mexico in a kind of exile from his native United States.

AV Boys Basketball 2015-2016

The preseason has come to an end for the AV Boys teams. Based on those preseason games that we've seen it looks to be a good year for both teams with what we predict will…

The Zombie Apocalypse Looms

When the zombie apocalypse arrives — and you may rest assured that it will, do not delude yourself on that score — I'm going to have some concerns. The expected ones, naturally; will my skull…

Robert Bly: Film Tribute To A Radical

Poet Robert Bly, now 89 years old, is a radical, by which I mean he returns to the roots. Haydn Reiss has captured him in his new, moving film “Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of…

A Delightfully Cynical Christmas

It’s little wonder that Thanksgiving and Christmas are the number one and two movie-going days of the year. The reason for this burst of cinematic fervor is often ascribed to family tradition. If custom is…

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