Editor: I’m encouraged! After reading Alan Sanborn’s cogent and incisive argument for health care reform we can believe in (Sept. 17), I began to recuperate from my "Will we have a public option?"-induced miasma. Alan gave me hope we could keep alive the movement toward single-payer health care. Now I’m sure we can! With the […]
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L’affaire Doran
Editor: In your business credibility is everything, for without it, no one would believe anything you print. Considering the tenure of Bob Doran, and the obvious experience gained due to his tenure, I believe that I and other readers of the Journal are due an explanation from the offender himself. (See “To Our Readers, An […]
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CPR for Rivers?
Editor: I have always liked Estelle Fennell and admired her work as a journalist, but I can’t let her letter to the editor of Sept. 3 stand as the last word. She wrote in response to Richard Engel’s North Coast Journal letter of Aug. 20: "… our river ecosystems are in fact dying of a […]
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Brace Yourselves
The venerable National Geographic and its associated media properties go ga-ga for redwoods this month. The October issue of the magazine is just coming out; it features a long story and photographic essay, as well as a format-busting foldout cover meant to give some idea of just how impressive the gloomy old masses of cellulose […]
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Care Package
Editor: I enjoyed the Journal’s presentation of several varying views of President Obama’s health care reform package (“Reform!?,” Sept. 17). Kudos! However, I have issues with a few of the points brought up by Ron Ross in his article, “Many Questions, Few Answers.” While I agree Pres. Obama is all over the place right now […]
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No Surprises
Yet another issue of Money magazine arrived at my house (my dad means well). Once again, the fact that I am not their target demographic couldn’t be more obvious. The cover story is "4 Steps to a Great Retirement." Without opening the magazine, I’ll try to think of how they’ll advise me to get from […]
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Correction
A picture of the Paradise Royale Mountain Bike Trail on page 23 of last week’s issue was inadvertently attributed to staff writer Heidi Walters. Actually, the photo was taken by Joey Klein. The Journal regrets the error.
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To Our Readers, an Apology
Two weeks ago a veteran member of our editorial staff made an error in judgment. He had offered to cover a controversial meeting in Fortuna — to take photos and report on the gathering he and his wife planned to attend anyway. It turned out his wife spoke at the meeting, the crowd reacted strongly […]
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Dreaming of San Salvador
One day, years ago, when Clinton was president, Congress passed a bill mandating that all specimens of a particular hardware item sold in the United States — doorknobs, maybe, or electrical fixtures — had to be stamped with their country of manufacture. For the sake of this parable, let’s say it was electrical fixtures. In […]
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Worst Of
Editor: Modesty is becoming in this age of hype and megahype, but false modesty is almost as bad as the chutzpah that it contrasts with. Your choice of Kevin Hoover for best reporter, when your own Hank Sims stands at least 10 feet taller than Kevin, is an example (“Best of Humboldt,” Sept. 10). While […]
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D Dose Deterrent
Editor: Following the media and having some historical knowledge of the flu pandemic, I have some concerns about the unknowns of the coming flu. I was relieved to hear in your article that the death rate for H1N1 was not higher than the regular flu (“The Coming Flu,” Aug. 27). What I have never been […]
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What’s the Matter with Fortuna?
Editor: Thanks, Bob Doran, for covering the health care meeting in Fortuna and greetings from the socialist stronghold of Arcata, where we have public roads, a fire department, public water, a library, a police department, where people use Medi-Cal and Medicare, collect government pensions, student aid, unemployment insurance, social security (which even has the dreaded […]