When last we tuned in to the Freedman Fiasco, Ralph Freedman, Mendocino County’s former Director of Child Support Services (aka the Deadbeat Dad office), had been fired by the County and was being prosecuted for…
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Here's how a life-long, very radical organizer put it to me in the week after Nader announced he was entering the race. "I have never voted for a Democrat for President and I don't intend…
There is a story in Native Sonoran lore that a very long time ago a beautiful young girl sank into the sand and perished. In that very spot, a few years later, a cactus emerged.…
To no one's surprise, Errol Morris won an Oscar for his documentary on Robert McNamara, The Fog of War. In front of a world audience in the billions Morris thanked the mass murderer for his…
Logo Tevaseu was holed up in his dorm room last month writing a short autobiography for a scholarship. He wasn't sure where to begin. How do you explain it? How can you possibly get some…
Health care. It’s by far the most important issue facing working people, their bosses, their unions and their political leaders, the most important issue facing all Americans. Many millions need care, but who is to…
In 19th Century England, William Wordsworth strolled through his garden. “I am at one with Nature,” he declared. Hemingway’s 20th Century hero Nick paddled with his father in the canoe in the unspoiled Minnesota lakes.…