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Editor: I always look forward to seeing Jennifer Fumiko Cahill’s articles in the North Coast Journal. I appreciate and enjoy her writing, and this week is a winner! I love “Dry January Mocktails” (Jan. 16), and no, I am not going to try any of them. Dave Rosso, Eureka Related Stories

Editor: Doomsday Dreaming – Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 Maybe this is my way of joining the People’s March in Washington that did or didn’t happen today. I couldn’t sleep last night. Perhaps I didn’t realize that percolating under the surface of my consciousness was outrage — about the upcoming inauguration (“Top 10 Stories of 2024,” […]

Editor: Polls suggest that a much larger share of voters ages 18 to 30 supported Trump in the recent election than when Biden won. Additionally, more than half found the shooting of insurance CEO Brian Thompson in the back acceptable. Piano playing cats were more important than national security. I’d say this is the definition of mindful […]

Editor: History tells us that the vast majority of humans follow whoever leads them without thinking, much less rebelling (Mailbox, Jan. 9). Genocide in Germany for instance, written about by Hannah Arendt, shows that not only did the average German not object, but also most Jews did not rebel on their way to the camps. […]

Editor: While I appreciate the care Kimberly Wear took to represent both sides of the “conflict” between the spotted owl and the barred owl, the article failed to recognize human actions as the source of the trophic cascade in the ecosystem (“Combating the Barred Owl Invasion,” Oct. 10). Nature doesn’t invade. This is a human […]

Editor: The discussion of the policing problems at the Bear River Reservation outline poor leadership from the tribe and its administration, and the failure of our politicians in Sacramento to actually solve problems (“The Battle Over Bear River,” Jan. 9). It also ignored Balkanization, the process of dividing areas into multiple smaller units with the […]

Editor: Thadeus Greenson chose propaganda over accurate information in his attempt to explain the background for the (silly) class action lawsuit (“Group Brings Class Action Suit Against Huffman,” Dec. 26). Space limitations will not allow me to address the U.N. Commission’s allegations as well as the ICC “investigation” which are not what they seem, but I will […]

Editor: Being a man of my word, I began packing early the morning after the election (“Top 10 Stories of 2024,” Dec. 26). Sixteen-year-old car, now with sleeping bag and tent, a bag of clothes and some food. Next stop, British Columbia; good-bye Humboldt and the U.S.A. Walking down a Vancouver street this December, I […]

Editor: I read with interest the article on the class action lawsuit filed against Representatives Huffman and Thompson (“Group Brings Class Action Suit Against Huffman,” Dec. 26). As the article lays out in detail, the suit should be DOA for numerous reasons under well-established precedent. However, I would go further and argue that the plaintiffs’ […]

Editor: Despite recent appearances in these pages, I am not really much of a letter-to-the-editor writer (Mailbox, Dec. 26). However, I do believe a letter writer needs to get the facts correct, and try not to slant them too much. So, I feel compelled to respond to Mr. Brown’s letter of Dec. 26. President-elect Trump […]

Editor: I find it bizarre that Democrats remain completely deluded about the cause of their defeat in the presidential election (Mailbox, Jan. 2). The commentary and letters in the NCJ have been as ignorant as what I see in the corporate media. The obvious, but apparently unthinkable truth, is that a great many people voted […]

Editor: I hope that the city of Eureka will reconsider its plans to turn downtown parking lots into multi-unit housing (“Top 10 Stories of 2024,” Dec. 26.), in light of California’s new “Daylighting Law.” Beginning Jan. 1, parking within 20 feet of any intersection is prohibited. While the new law will increase much needed visibility […]