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The Stopwatch
A family’s ‘lifeline’ to the wreck of the SS Badger State On a Friday afternoon in early August, Maureen Reiche Foster called the Journal from her home in Chicago. She was hoping to talk with someone about the article “Nightmare at Sea,” by Geoff S. Fein, that ran in the Jan. 2, 2003, issue of…
They Want to be California’s Next Governor. Here’s What They’d Do About Health Care
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Every day, Californians struggle to afford medications or wait weeks or months for mental health appointments. Thousands in the “sandwich generation” juggle caring for elderly parents with raising children. Those are top health care issues Californians want to see the next governor address, according to a recent poll. The candidates vying…
Message in a Bottle
I’m writing to you from the murky depths of last week, ahead of a quick retreat away from wi-fi and glowing things, so apologies if I have missed some massive earth-shattering event in the news cycle. What that could be is anyone’s guess, as we have all learned time and again that things that should…
A Christmas Carol Sings in the Season
Devised theater is (or should be) an exciting and fun process. It is the process of collaboratively creating new work through improvisation and exploration. The final product can be inspiring, whimsical and impactful when executed perfectly, or messy, unfinished and forced as productions balance creating a cohesive ensemble and an innovative piece simultaneously. Further, predicting the impact on the audience can be challenging as some elements that the collaboration loves in rehearsal could be lost in its transference to the stage. Luckily, North Coast Repertory Theatre’s newest offering of the devised A…
Getting Away
The Running Manand Keeper THE RUNNING MAN. Even back in the salad days of ridiculous action movies, of impossible physiques and ridiculous armaments, The Running Man (1987) struck me as second tier. Maybe because it wasn’t grounded in a recognizable reality, or because it was released so close to Predator (also 1987) and Die Hard…
Honoring Transgender Figures in a Difficult Time
When I walk to my classes in Founders Hall on the Cal Poly Humboldt campus, I pass by a poster that maps every transgender person who has been murdered in the United States in the past 10 years. Most of the time I’ll stop and bow, paying respect and honoring those who have come before…
Fascism in the USA
Editor: Franklin Stover’s letter of Nov. 13 (“Stop Misusing the F Word”) claims Jennifer Fumiko Cahill is wrong to call Trump a dimwitted fascist, and offers some pretty weak arguments to prove it. Thus, he claims Trump’s regime can’t be called fascist because 1) things were worse in “Mussolini’s Italy,” and still are in North…
The Censure and Punishment of Supervisor Bushnell
Editor: Excellent reporting by Kimberly Wear (“Chronicle of a Censure,” Nov. 13)! Just the facts … it certainly appears the county acted extrajudiciously in removing the supervisor from her chair position. Ryan Lee, Glendale
Sanctuary for Trans Individuals
Editor: Recently, several Eureka residents approached the city council requesting Eureka consider becoming a Trans Sanctuary City. The individuals came out of fear of being transgender in today’s America, but why is this? Certainly, Donald Trump plays a part. Immediately in office, he placed an executive order that mandated there no longer be federal recognition…
‘Our Cultural Heritage’
Editor: Justin Crellin’s eloquent article (“How rescinding the Public Lands Rule Harms Humboldt County,” Nov. 6) alerted us just in time to the threat posed to our nation’s public lands by the prospective rescission of the Public Lands Rule. Hopefully many people wrote comment letters. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages one-eighth of the…
The Lure of Immortality
We’re immortal, you and I. Well, not quite immortal as in “forever,” but if you count nearly a third of the age of the universe as forever, yes, we’re immortal. And when I say “we,” I don’t mean our bodies, what we usually think of as our selves. Along with all multicellular organisms, we consist…
Short days
Long short day and I feel Every moment of it. So late the sun Rises now, and so soon It’s set. Apparently my daily list Hasn’t got The memo yet. — Dottie Simmons
