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What’s Really Going On In Libya?

It looks as though eastern Libya will slide into the Medi­terranean under the sheer weight of western journal­ists assembled in Benghazi and Misrata. A tsunami of breathless reports suggests that Misrata is enduring travails not…

Kendall Smith Writes A Check, Claims Vindication

Supervisor Kendall Smith, after finally writing a check for her travel not traveled, issued a statement claiming vindication that turned the truth inside out. “As a matter of principal I was interested in seeing this…

Off The Record

LAST WEEK, as the rest of us scratched our puzzled noggins, the Board of Supervisors concluded what they called their “decision making matrix,” a process steered by a volunteer “facilitator” from Ukiah named Steve Zuieback.

Valley People

ANDERSON VALLEY said goodbye to Fritz Kuny last Sunday at graveside services conducted by Pastor Willie Roberts followed by a gathering of the old logger's extensive population of family and friends at the Apple Hall.…

Neighborhood Wars

Something was happening. Courthouse security people were on their radios talking with the bailiffs upstairs in the courtrooms. The transmission said, “Tell Bruce we need to talk to him.” Uh-oh. “Talk to,” is cop-speak for…

The Swimmer

A minute ago I was anxiously taking pregnancy tests, hoping. Now my son is nearly five. People told me that would happen. Of course I had heard it all before. But a lot of that…

What BoxCo Does Best

Doug Bosco was at the leading edge of a new generation of North Coast Democrats with pro-corporate, fiscal conservative economic policies--an extractive corporation's best friend.

Toe Shoes and Lorca

She had been a ballerina. She played the violin.  She was a painter.  A sculptor.  More things to more people than I can possibly mention here.  She had a way of embellishing the mundane with…

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