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Human Habitat: Restoration Not Just ‘For the Birds’
Nature lovers know that scientists who study the health of bird populations and their habitats in the San Francisco Bay Area have detected an...
All That Jazz: In Praise of a Uniquely American Idiom
I have my mother—the beatnik, alcoholic artist and reader of poetry—to thank for my deep appreciation of jazz.
And I can still see her, cigarette...
The Thinnest Books in the World: Congress’ lost chapter
We all recall the jokes we told each other back in the days of the wood-burning radios when it was sorta kinda tolerated to...
Open Mic: Inept Reps, Reflecting on Whom We Elected
It might be fun, just for a sec, to talk about what we U.S. citizens should expect from the people we elect to represent...
Open Mic: When Going Through Hell, One Needs to Keep Going
People who I meet for the first time around our fine county often look at this face and ask, “How many times have you...
Open Mic: Don’t Judge Me, Mi Agenda es Su Agenda
For light reading, I enjoy books and articles that clearly demonstrate that democracy is dead and American society is doomed.
One such new item that...
Won’t Happen: No Great Expectations
As ridiculous as it is to write these words, Donald Trump is president again. His second term was propelled, as was the first, by...
Atonement for Oligarchs Coming Sooner or Later
A recent study by the NYU Brennan Center for Justice, a watchdog group that studies election law and finance, revealed that around 44% of...