Many Questions, Few Answers

There are many reasons why support for President Obama's health care plan has declined as the details have become clearer. I suspect that Mr. Obama ...

End Waste, Inequality

During his town hall meeting in Eureka, Congressman Mike Thompson repeated (and repeated) what seems to be the Obama mantra for the health care debate: ...

Disconnected

In the tiny hamlets dotting the hills behind the Lost Coast -- places like Ettersburg, Whitethorn and Honeydew -- phone service has been sketchy for ...

I See You

Nurses in the intensive care unit at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka have discovered that video cameras disguised as smoke detectors were secretly installed in ...

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To Our Readers, an Apology

Two weeks ago a veteran member of our editorial staff made an error in judgment. He had offered to cover a controversial meeting in Fortuna ...

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Correction

A picture of the Paradise Royale Mountain Bike Trail on page 23 of last week’s issue was inadvertently attributed to staff writer Heidi Walters. Actually, ...

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Worst Of

Editor: Modesty is becoming in this age of hype and megahype, but false modesty is almost as bad as the chutzpah that it contrasts with. ...

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D Dose Deterrent

Editor: Following the media and having some historical knowledge of the flu pandemic, I have some concerns about the unknowns of the coming flu. I ...

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Wabash Willie in Piercing Analysis

Cartoon by Joel Mielke

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Dreaming of San Salvador

One day, years ago, when Clinton was president, Congress passed a bill mandating that all specimens of a particular hardware item sold in the United ...