Editor: I found Dave Berman’s letter in “Mailbox” (Aug. 14) very interesting, and would like to offer some further comment. It seems to me that at the beginning of the Reagan Administration, machinery was put into operation gradually to transform American society into a feudalistic society. There was something of a hiatus during the Bush […]
Letters + Opinion
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On KH$U
Editor: After watching somewhat appalled from the sidelines, today’s disclosure in the KHSU saga compels me to write an open letter to the HSU administration. (See “Station Identification,” July 31). Having been a participant at KHSU-FM both while a student in the mid-’70s and for years after as a volunteer I’ve seen firsthand a progression […]
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Will She Peek?
Editor: I am sorry to have to tell you I will no longer be reading the North Coast Journal after having enjoyed it for many, many years. Ever since the change of the guard in your paper’s editorship, standards have gradually slipped to a level which today I can only call abominable. I no longer […]
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The other candidates running for president
One fundamental fallacy dooms all Alt Prez candidates to failure. Tell someone that you’re voting for a third-party candidate and he or she will whine, “You’re just throwing your vote away.” No you’re not. You can do whatever you want with your vote. If you’re a liberal, your vote doesn’t automatically belong to the Democrats, […]
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To The Death
The chief executive of MediaNews Group, corporate parent of the Times-Standard, is a Texas-born, Denver-based media legend by the name of Dean Singleton. Singleton is a fearsome figure in the business, a man who leaves a trail of corpses in his wake wherever he wanders. He doesn’t customarily do things by half, unless that thing […]
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Good-Bye To All That
According to the date on the bottom of this page, it has been 28 days since I last smoked a cigarette. This is one of the proudest accomplishments of my life to date, even though I’ve had a big assist from some high-powered and probably inadvisable pharmaceuticals. I feel it now, the knot twisting around […]
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Celluloid Reveries
Editor: I couldn’t help it but the cover of your Aug. 14 Journal — “In the Green Room” — reminded me a little of the movie Jurassic Park. The cover could have been modified to have two photos on the cover, the top one being the original cover with the dude on the can looking […]
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Wild Rivers 101 Film Festival
The name of Mary Cruse, director of the Wild Rivers 101 Film Festival, was misspelled in a sidebar to last week’s cover story. The Journal regrets the error.
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Art War!
Editor: Well, Mr. Handy, all of us artists who don’t fit your narrow definition of “Art” (“edgy” seeming to be your sole criteria) love you too (“Escape From Arcata,” Aug. 7). The art scene is doing so well here and the artists are all making such a good living that of course we have the […]
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Stuck In The Middle
Editor: [This cartoon is] in response to “Who’s Your City,” Aug. 7. — Joel Mielke, Eureka
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Gone Viral
Is State Sen. Pat Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) our first local YouTube-era superstar? Several of our neighbors have tried to claw their way into Internet celebrity — brazen dope growers, Jackass-style pranksters, self-obsessed video diarists — but it appears that all of them have lacked some essential element. Maybe they were trying too hard. Because last […]
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See Ya, Sister
Editor: I keep thinking next time someone feels the need to demonize Arcata that I won’t be surprised … but, here I am, surprised again (“Escape from Arcata,” Aug. 7). Dennis Handy sounds suspiciously like someone who’s undergoing a bitter divorce and feels the need to prove the other guy wrong. I suspect him of […]