Count this publisher’s column Bay Trail Update No. 10. The last one, No. 9, was April 24, 2014 and I just discovered an error in it. I wrote that my advocacy in print for a trail along the corridor from Arcata to Eureka began in 2007 when I hiked the rail line clipping blackberries with […]
Judy Hodgson
Judy Hodgson is a co-founder of the North Coast Journal.
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My Selfish Lens
On Monday the New York Times published an article on the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the Senate Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. “[T]he report said, premiums for older people would be much higher under the Senate bill than under current law. As an example, it said, for a typical […]
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Reawakening, Part II
“You weren’t really a fan of Lyndon Johnson, were you?” a friend asked me suspiciously after the Jan. 19 column I wrote on my least favorite, post World War II presidents. When Johnson took over a traumatized country after John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and when he ran against Barry Goldwater the next year, in […]
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Reawakening
Excuse me. I’ve been hibernating. I remember the day I fell into a slumber. It was Nov. 8, the night I wrote my last column. No, it wasn’t just Trump but the sort of family medical issues that compel a person to say, “Eff the whole world outside my house. I don’t care anymore.” Gone […]
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Didn’t See That Coming
I finished what I thought would be the final draft of this column early Tuesday since we go to press overnight and hit the streets Wednesday. Then I sat back to watch the election results roll in. I had wanted to write something about our new president and the challenges she would face after a […]
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Maybe Next Year
I think we can all agree that last week was a particularly bad week for news. I wasn’t in Dallas, but I was in Texas — in Austin at the annual convention of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, eating chicken-fried steak, black-eyed peas and … well, there’s always a side of gummy mac and cheese. […]
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A Summit for the Future
What are you doing Saturday, June 4? There’s an event that morning in Eureka and I hope you’ll stop by. Yes, I know you’re busy. Just to see how busy, I checked the Journal‘s online calendar and there are at least 58 other ways to spend that particular day. It’s the first Saturday in June […]
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Tipping Point?
Here’s my take on guns: I get hunters. The hunter-gatherer gene in our DNA may have faded a bit with so many city dwellers who believe chickens come into this world plucked, washed and wrapped in plastic. But that gene has not disappeared. And living in a rural county like Humboldt for 45 years — […]
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Counting Rings
We’re celebrating a rather significant anniversary here at the Journal — our 25th. Where were you and what were you doing in 1990, the year the Journal was born? I was often in a one-room office on the third floor of the Carson Block Building in Old Town Eureka with my two business partners — […]
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The Voice
I usually don’t notice Journal bylines at first. Once I’m a sentence or two in, I can often tell who wrote it — especially if it was Heidi Walters. We encourage all our staff writers, and columnists and freelancers, to write with voice. For the last 10 years, no one has had a voice quite […]
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Obesity – How’d THAT Happen?
Low Fat Makes You Fat. Bad Cholesterol — a Myth. Peanuts Cut Diabetes Risk, Hunger. It turns out magazine headlines like these are all true. But in case you don’t trust the reading material at the supermarket, how about the New York Times March 17, 2014: “Study Questions Fat and Heart Disease Link.” The article […]
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Wedding Check List
Twelve to nine months before ● Propose ● Announce engagement ● Determine the type of wedding you want, setting, size and degree of formality. ● Select a date and time. Consider time of day, as this affects formality and catering choices. ● Select a location for the ceremony, taking into consideration season and weather. ● […]