Dreaming of San Salvador
Which is why we were so pleased to find a principled man like Ron Ross to hold up the anti-reform side in this week’s issue. It is possible to pick apart his argument, to agree or disagree with his position based on the available evidence. He aims at the head, not the bowels. The most lasting pity of all, in this piteous national debate, may well be that voices such as his are the ones that are being quickly drowned out.
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Railroad!
Proposed lines ‘set rich blood a-tingling’ in early 1900s
Some Other Proposed North Coast Railroads
Choo-choo Fantasies
Exposing this east-west rail nonsense
seven-o-heaven
Undeterred Will
Will chides Andrew for lack of attention to detail and makes plans for his inevitable victory.
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Jan. 13, 2011
The Golden Boy
Dec. 23, 2010
Wish Lists
Dec. 16, 2010
The Train Geeks Return
Today
44th Annual Kinetic Grand Championship Race
STAFF PICK / events, art, outdoors, sports, for kids, free / 9 a.m.-6 p.m. A 3-day, 42-mile kinetic sculpture race over land, sand, mud and water! LeMans start at the Noon Whistle on the Arcata Plaza. Follow the race through Manila, Eureka and into Ferndale on Memorial Day for the Glorious Finish. kineticgrandchampionship.com. 889-3024.
Flow 2012 Fashion Show
STAFF PICK / events / 8 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Student designed and produced clothing. Fundraiser for Arcata Arts Institute. $35/$25 students. artsinstitute.net. 822-1220.
Woodside Preschool's Rummage/Bake Sale
events / 8 a.m.-noon. Woodside Preschool, 900 Hodgson St, Eureka. www.woodsidepreschool.com. 445-9132.
Lanphere Dunes Restoration
STAFF PICK / outdoors / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Meet at Pacific Union School. Help remove non-native invasives at the Lanphere Dunes Unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Tools and gloves provided, wear work clothes and bring water. Carpool to the protected site. 444-1397.
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Comment / By unanonymous / Sept. 22, 2009, 7:48 a.m.
true, but the same goes for the progressive movement in this country. It is called the commercialization of the press for profit. invective sells. read some of your own journals articles objectively, which theoretically as an editor you do. except when Doran lies to make a political point to close out his alleged “reporting” on tunatowns tea party meeting.
Comment / By Hank Sims / Sept. 22, 2009, 9:05 a.m.
It’s not the press I’m talking about here, but the party. There’s plenty of kooks on the left, but the Democratic party ignores them, or rebukes them.
Whereas kookdom is becoming something very close to the Republican party platform.
Comment / By unanonymous / Sept. 22, 2009, 3:40 p.m.
True, there are a lot of angry ‘joes’ in the repubs. But I disagree that the Democratic party doesn’t have kooks that aren’t tolerated. remember Cynthia McKinney punching a capitol guard. She only left because she was voted out. How about, ‘bad toupe’ Traficant? finally expelled and jailed for bribes, but he was kinda a kook. I believe some of his ideas and quotes on immigration are exactly what you talk about here.
I think it is too easy to stereotype a party/person based on a few loudmouths. Yes, the repubs are angry because they’re not in power. Remember the democrats while shrub was in power, there were several demo congressional and party types telling us 9/11 was an inside job, Bush was a nazi…. I could go on.
If tea partyers are shouters what were the lefties at the Seattle G8 summit burning cars?