Editor: I read with interest Bob Doran’s article regarding the City of Arcata’s regulation and financial abuse of such venerable events as the North Country Fair, and truly empathize with Matthew Cook and the Same Old People’s predicament (“Keep Off the Grass,” May 14). But I wonder why the Journal chose to spotlight an event […]
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Fig Leaves
Editor: Unlike Mark Letlow (“Mailbox,” May 14), who would prefer to see “st” and “fk” instead of such everyday, evocative words being spelled out in full, I can’t stand the use of asterisks! Nothing annoys me more than being brought up short, in the midst of reading an otherwise interesting article, by the intrusion of […]
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Parable of the Dumpster
We’d planned to hit the HSU dumpsters. We’d hoped to score some goodies tossed by departing students too burdened with finals and moving to do anything other than get rid of as much as possible. Bob O. had done this before. It would be my first time. I wondered what I would find. A nice […]
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Enough
Yes, Humboldt County loves its outlaw self-image. We all enjoy doing our thing and flaunting it in The Man’s face. We’re the spiritual home of freaks and rebels and dropouts everywhere, and we like it that way. We’ve got hundreds of square miles of wilderness and four or five of the prettiest, most human towns […]
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Not Perfect. Good.
Editor: My letter is in direct response to the letter from Sylvia De Rooy of Westhaven (“CASA is Broken,” April 30). I am currently a CASA and have been for three years. I was interviewed for “The CASA” (April 23) and although nothing about my CASA child was revealed during the interview it wasn’t included […]
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Such a Crazy Story …
Editor: Okay, I’m just going to come right out and say it. What’s with the solid red cover with white words (“The Trial of Charles Hurwitz,” April 30)? Come on. Wasn’t there some picture you could have put on the cover that would have looked better than nothing? Is there some crazy story here or […]
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Please Confuse Children
Editor: I’m writing to ask if you’re using the same type of keyboard as I am. I’m thinking you may be missing the 8 on yours. You see, when I hold the shift key and press the 8 an “*” appears on my screen. Perhaps you could look into this. This is one of the […]
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How Tweet It Is
burstiner Poor Tweety Bird. A friend came down to breakfast wearing a Tweety Bird T-Shirt. It said Tweet! I thought it was her attempt at hipness. (5:00 AM May 4th from mobile web) burstiner Silly me. T-shirts are old tech. It was retro. It didn’t refer to Twitter, the Web site that turns text messages […]
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I’d want a CASA
Editor: I am an 11-year-old who read your article about court appointed special advocates ("The CASA," April 23). It was a long article, but interesting. It sounds like CASA is doing good and important work with children in our community. If I were a kid who was neglected, abused or had to be in the […]
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Tree Falls
You’ve read and heard plenty lately about the decline and fall of the newspaper industry. We know that. But at the risk of boring you into never picking up this or any other newspaper ever again, let us share one more brief anecdote. This week’s cover story is written by veteran Bay Area reporter John […]
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CASA is Broken
Editor: On reading your article about CASA I was struck by the fact that no current or former CASAs [court-appointed special advocates] were interviewed with the exception of one short time CASA (“The CASA,” April 23). For a complete and honest picture one must go to the people in the field, so to speak. I […]
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Mock Not the Teabaggers
Editor: Emily Hobelmann’s vignette on the Tax Day rally at the Court House reminded me of something Malcolm X once said: “If you’re not careful the media will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing” (“A Measure of Tea,” April 23). Media generally ignores […]