North Coast Journal Reader

Editor: I’d like to take a shot at neutralizing the disservice your reviewer may have done to thoughtful readers with last week’s remarkably obtuse hit piece on Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking: Fast and Slow . (In Review, April 5) I’ve been a fan of Kahneman and Tversky’s unexpected insights for years, so of course I bought […]

Editor: I really enjoyed the March 29 Journal, cover to cover. The redevelopment article was top notch. But I got chills when I turned to page 39 and Field Notes (“Scott of the Antarctic: Glorious Failure?”). Great Scott! The photo brought back a flood of memories of one of the most marvelous theatre experiences I’ve […]

Editor: I am writing in response to your article/poll about what you call the “ugliest billboard” (March 29). What kind of thought process led you to write an article that demonizes good local businesses? Not only are you throwing honest, hard-working businesses under the bus, but you are attacking local children’s nonprofit organizations. You are running an ad for Mid City […]

Editor: One way to discourage the billboards along Highway 101 (“Billboard Blight,” March 29) is not to patronize the businesses on the billboards.  If these businesses were to discover that billboards are not cost effective, they will then seek other means of advertising that do not affect our view of the bay. If the billboard owners cannot […]

Editor: Regarding the reference (in “The Death of Redevelopment,” March 29) to the “local legend” of Jack London’s fight in Old Town, it was more than that — according to the Washington Post. The same paper that brought us coverage of the Watergate scandal was apparently listening to Eureka’s version of “Deep Throat” when it […]

Editor: While I admire Sylvia De Rooy and often find myself in agreement with her, I think her letter (Mailbox, March 29) misreads history. Sylvia wrote “I think this county has an awful lot of people who are hurting and who understand that the only way out of this hurt is with a truly progressive […]

Editor: What we are seeing here is what we are seeing all over the country. Namely, that it is easier to love the tenets of the United States Constitution than it is to allow those tenets to be acted upon. That’s because when actual dissent happens — the dissent that is the hallmark of our […]

Editor: Is that bike crime or art? (Blog Jammin, March 22). It must be Art! We’ll call it Transitional Art! You want to see Flaming Art? Try leaving your car, unattended, anywhere on Highway 36 for more than 24 hours! Skylar Blue, Bridgevill

Editor: Bravo that Humboldt schools coalesce a student’s botanical curiosity with a reduction in food budgets (“School Lunch 2.0,” March 22). I’m glad we’re replacing garbage calories with living nutrients. Soup is good food. School lunch is nothing like “1985. Or even 1965,” as Jada Calypso Brotman wrote.  ?I had my first school lunch in 1971. It […]

Editor: In response to Marcy Burstiner’s column (“Take the Money and Run With It,” March 1), stating only the wealthy and corporations have the power and money to access mass audiences, I couldn’t disagree more. As Erik Black pointed out (“Free Speech? Tweet,” March 15), not only is Twitter a free way to project our […]

Editor: I was able to enjoy the delights of the “Taste of Main Street” (“Eight Days a Week,” March 22) last night! I just wanted to say thank you to all of the restaurants that participated, because I would have never tried several of those places and their delicious food!  I do want readers and […]

Editor: I awoke Sunday morning with but one goal — to eat brunch as soon as possible, for it was already 10:30 a.m. Having no car, I was about to set off toward the Plaza on my bicycle when I remembered I had left its lock somewhere within the HSU Music Department. Little did I know, […]