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aug. 21, 2008
Alt Prez
The other candidates running for president: First in a six-part series
by Richard Wall
Just two candidates for President? Hardly. We’ve got more than 100 candidates, deluded losers and promising dreamers all begging for attention in America’s sideshow election. You’ve got outraged Ralph Nader ...
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The Anti-DNC
A handful of locals go to Denver to protest war, global warming, the two-party system and other insults
by Heidi Walters
About two months ago, Jake Green packed up his belongings and said goodbye to Arcata. He’d lived there two years. It was time to move on -- first stop, Denver. ...
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Obama's Go-To Woman in Humboldt
by Bob Doran
When Mary Ann Lyons called the national Barack Obama for President campaign last November to see who she could contact locally to help out, there wasn't anyone to contact. No ...
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Troubled Times At Silvercrest
Elderly and disabled residents struggle to regain their balance after a series of disasters
by Heidi Walters
On July 21, around noon, Silvercrest resident Kathleen Buchanan was preparing to distribute cat food to fellow cat owners in her apartment complex. She was waiting outside the cargo elevator ...
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Good-Bye To All That
by Hank Sims
According to the date on the bottom of this page, it has been 28 days since I last smoked a cigarette. This is one of the proudest accomplishments of my ...
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Celluloid Reveries
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: I couldn’t help it but the cover of your Aug. 14 Journal — “In the Green Room” — reminded me a little of the movie Jurassic Park. The cover ...
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Art War!
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: Well, Mr. Handy, all of us artists who don’t fit your narrow definition of “Art” (“edgy” seeming to be your sole criteria) love you too (“Escape From Arcata,” Aug. ...
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Stuck In The Middle
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: [This cartoon is] in response to “Who’s Your City,” Aug. 7. — Joel Mielke, Eureka
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Wild Rivers 101 Film Festival
by North Coast Journal Staff
The name of Mary Cruse, director of the Wild Rivers 101 Film Festival, was misspelled in a sidebar to last week’s cover story. The Journal regrets the error.











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