Letters + Opinion

When the other shoe dropped, it did so very quietly. On Monday afternoon, not even Eureka city officials knew that relatives of Cheri Lyn Moorehad finally made good on their threat to sue the city and members of its police department. This despite the fact that the federal suit had been filed in San Francisco […]

The longhairs are at it again, trying to ruin the economic base of Humboldt County. As local anti-environmentalist gadfly Stephen Lewis of Rio Dell put it recently in the Eureka Reporter, the goal of the enviros "has been consistent if never acknowledged: the destruction of corporate-based industries in Humboldt County." Take that argument to its […]

The Dandy is out for a while, so I cleaned the mildew off my spats — oops, I forgot to ask Hank how to tell if my cummerbund is right-side-up. He left his fedora here, hanging in his office. I’ll be lucky if I can get the word processing program running — Hank runs Linux […]

Congratulations to Humboldt State University’s Class of 2007! Under soggy skies, about 2,500 of our best and brightest paraded the hell out of here on Saturday — perhaps not a moment too soon. Things are none too sunny for those who remain behind, as is well known. A couple of weeks ago, at a meeting […]

Last week Eureka kazillionaire Rob Arkley called up, as he does periodically when he wants to give a tip of the hat or a wag of the finger. "Nice fluff piece on the NEC!" he said with a laugh, referring to last week’s cover story about the new Northcoast Environmental Center. "When am I going […]

Last month, Rep. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) was dining at Charlie Palmer Steak House – that echt-D.C. eatery – when a fellow patron started choking on her meal. According to the Napa Valley Register, Thompson noticed the diner’s contortions, hung up his cell phone and rushed to administer the Heimlich. After four or five thrusts, […]

"Why is it that we honor the Great Thieves of Whitehall, for Acts that in Whitechapel would merit hanging? Why admire the one sort of Thief, and despise the other? I suggest, ’tis because of the Scale of the Crime.- What we of the Mobility love to watch, is any of the Great Matices, Greed, […]

‘Bloodbath On Buhner St.’ ‘Seaport Satirist Shocker’ ‘Bombastic Blogger Is City’s Legal Beagle’ Yes, everyone has most likely already heard the news, seeing as how it prompted a local media blitz the likes have which have not been seen for about a year (nearly to the day, in fact). The enigmatic blogger previously known as […]

This case is not going to languish very long," said Corpus Christi attorney Shelby Jordan, representing the Maxxam Corp.’s interests at the Pacific Lumber bankruptcy trial Friday morning. "Everyone who comes here is aware that you’re in and out with all due speed." Ho, was that a slip of the tongue, counselor? You meant it […]