The Body Politic

With less than three weeks remaining before election day, it's time for democracy to get nasty. Or "nastier," as the case may be. As the ...

Water Boarding

Who's running for -- YaWWNn -- the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District Board? You turned on the tap today. Water came out, and it was ...

the town dandy

Crash and Burn

The Evergreen Pulp Mill announced last week that it would be shutting down indefinitely, at least until the world market for paper and pulp picked ...

mailbox

A tale of two streets (Wall/Buhne)

Cartoon by Joel Mielke.

mailbox

F and J

Editor: Arcata and Eureka Measures F and J will protect vulnerable adolescents from high-powered sales pitches by the military (“Arms and the Child,” Oct. 9). ...

mailbox

Prop. 2

Editor: There are no legitimate arguments against the passage of Proposition 2, “The Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act” (“Whither the Factory Farm,” Oct. 9). ...

mailbox

Prop. 8

Editor: I’m puzzled by objections to state recognition of marriages between same-sex couples (“Popping the Question,” Oct. 9). Is it confusion between rites and rights? ...