Even though Mom used to warn against women who laughed too loudly, my cousin Monica and I cultivated our “cackles” and had fun doing it. It could be pretty noisy with the two of us…
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More than one friend, when told I was reading the “definitive” new biography of Charles Manson, said “Why would anybody want to read that?” It's a reasonable question. The Manson murders, almost 45 years ago,…
Today I was riding a bike around a neighborhood, or “quarter” as they call it here. I’m looking for a house to rent for just Yvonne and me. I hear strange banjo music. I stop…
Konrad Lorenz famously defined aggression as “the fighting instinct in beast and man which is directed against members of the same species.”
"THE FACT that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a…
FIRST THINGS FIRST. The Boonville vs. Mendocino football game is 1pm Saturday at Mendocino. There is no jv game. This one could be for the league championship. It pits Dan Kuny's Panthers against Theron Miller's…
Sheriff Allman got approval from the Board of Supervisors on September 23 to apply for a $10 million state grant to add a large new unit to the Mendocino County Jail. The County will have…