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Temporarily Lost in the Ether

Apologies: today's MCT is going to be late this morning. In the meantime, here's a delightful book review written by Edward Said in 1989 wherein he singes the Mustache of Understanding… THE ORIENTALIST EXPRESS: Thomas…

Letters 1/13/2026

This letter is another viewpoint in response to Mark Scaramella’s article “Is Supervisor Mulheren too thin-skinned?” published recently. Facebook comments by Supervisor Mulheren highlighted by Mr. Scaramella gave us pause…

From the Archive (1/18/1984): Editor’s Desk

HAVE YOU NOTICED whenever a Mendocino County public official moves on, he is wafted out of Ukiah on a cloud of superlatives? If you didn’t know better, you would think the County was managed by…

Mendocino County Today: Monday 1/12/2026

High Pressure | ICE Protest | AVUSD News | John Feliz, Jr. | Audit Notes | Offshore Drilling | Two Dams | New PHF | Nonprofits/Cops | Point Arena | Yesterday's Catch | Marin Flooding | Dead Forever | 49ers Win | Cheesesteak Tussle | Super Weir | Thanks, Bob | Gnome Makeup | Jefferson v Trump | The Twist | ICE Advice | Marry Me | Kansas City | Well Damned | Public Education | Hilarity | My Town | Gossip | Conservative/Radical | Lead Stories | Cockamamie Conspiracies | Meathead 1971 | Musical Humor | Tap 1984 | She Walks | Music Lesson

Assignment: Ukiah – We Took A Wrong Turn In 1955

There is no understanding 20th century America without being acquainted with the nation’s mid-century interstate highway expansion. The massive cross-country freeway linkage was the crowning achievement of President Eisenhower’s eight years in office, and has…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday 1/11/2026

Cool | Ramaria | AV Events | Gracia Slater | Keyte Guilty | Cassidy Hollinger | Hire Us | Pet Kibble | Homeless Numbers | Privacy Act | MCOE Board | Pet Misconceptions | Train Talk | Yesterday's Catch | Niners/Eagles | Pick's Reopening | News Thoughts | Flood Insomnia | Marco Radio | Bob Weir | Crazy Days | North-Bay Economy | Brandishing | Probably Wondering | Got Her | Fear Women | To ICE | Fight Booze | Prize Transfer | Lead Stories | Cold ACW | Abducting Maduro | Be Brave | Unknown Territory | Small Place | The Force | Human Consciousness

This Ain’t No AI Slop

Three Short Geographic Sequential Portraits Illustrating the Universal Monotony Of All History I (Quang Tri, Republic of Vietnam, 1967) In the ditch right side of the road going west near Cam Lo one hardened (as…

Hildegard Knef’s Century

Hildegard Knef would have celebrated her 100th birthday on December 28 just passed. Given the number of cigarettes she smoked (Marlboros, three packs a day), the years she spent addicted to morphine (nearly twenty) as…

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