Yes, local art sales have slumped and local galleries are closing. From the perspective of a working artist though, I have been amazed that this area has hung on so well so long. The national scene has been in a slow but continual 20-year decline. Of the 12 most substantial galleries I once exhibited in […]
Alan Sanborn
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Why I’m Pulling My Support from KHSU After 25 Years
I first heard of Katie Whiteside’s firing from my dear old Mom and thought to myself, “You must have heard it wrong. No, that just can’t be.” After a few phone calls, I felt that I had to repeat that sentence in a more imperative way: No. That just can’t be. After (in order of […]
Posted inNews (NCJ)
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: "If you like the health care program that you now have, you will be able to keep it." There appears to be a minority out there who like paying up […]
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Reform!?
Alan Sanborn: Strong government intervention is absolutely possible and morally imperative (link to story) Ron Ross: Coy politics and untested economic theory should doom the public option (link to story)