The Trial of Charles Hurwitz
The beginning and end of the fraud suit against the former Pacific Lumber chief
Cover Story
The Trial of Charles Hurwitz
The anticipation was palpable in a hallway of the Ron Dellums Federal Building last week as the fraud trial of Texas financier Charles Hurwitz, the former owner of Pacific Lumber, was about to get started. Small groups of people gathered outside of U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken’s courtroom. On one side of the hallway a…
Boinged
Boinged: The mighty Boing Boing has boinged Journal columnist Amy Stewart’s new book, Wicked Plants! This is the very first stage Stewart’s massive media
Did you feel that?
My house in Arcata was rockin’ hard (but not for long) – let’s see how long it takes for the blogbot to give us details on the ‘quake.
The Turkey Tail Cure
When an appealing fellow — bright blue eyes and long, strawberry blond locks that tumble from a floppy brown hat stitched with colorful mushrooms, plus a tidy beard and mustache — wanders into the office from the Arcata Marsh holding a small brown paper bag, from which he shakes out onto his palm several pretty…
A Barry Read
Editor: Recently I have found myself requesting back issues of the Journal at the public library. What has captured my attention is not the treasure trove of articles chronicling events that shape Humboldt County over the decades. Nor is it a chance to reread the saucy digs at Palco, the railroad and Richardson Grove that…
How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth
Lately it seems almost too easy to be optimistic about the future of our country’s role in national and international affairs. With a new progressive president in the White House and a recession that exemplifies the egregious hubris with which the former administration conducted its business, it seems the gods have vindicated liberal America in…
Live In London
Leonard Cohen has the ability to articulate the loneliness of the heart, even if situated in the center of urban bustle. Longing and sadness linger, as if his voice is articulating some form of beauty coming to its end. Having published three books of poetry and a novel before the release of his debut record…
What’s Your Beef?
I know I’m presumptuous in thinking I know a lot about beef. I’ve come a long way since I fell in love with White Castle’s tiny onion-infused steamed "sliders." Now, at the opposite end of the spectrum, I want not a generic filler, but the wonderful flavor of beef in its purest state. Is that…
Taking Off The Roof
A companion constant That’s what cancer is –…
Educating Badger
The mascot of the University of Wisconsin’s Big Ten football team is (like the state of Wisconsin’s) the badger. There’s a costumed Bucky Badger on the sideline, and thousands of screaming fans identifying themselves as badgers. But Professor Harold Burroughs of that university takes this badger thing even further. As portrayed by David Ferney in…
Are You a Moron?
Previews Hugh Jackman is back as Wolverine in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a tell-all lead up to the events of X-Men. The Wolverine-centric flick schools you on the mutant’s violent yet romantic past and his dynamic relationship with his bro, Victor Creed, plus you get to see all you favorite mutant pals. Rated PG-13 for intense…
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…
Old Town Hunkers Down
The empty windows of key, long-time Old Town inhabitants — Natural Selection, Restoration Hardware, Geppetto’s Toys — might make you think a viral merchant-vanishing bomb has gone off, and who knows whom the infection will take down next. But not everything is as it seems, according to Charlotte McDonald, executive director of Eureka Main Street,…
Hard Truth
They call it the Hard Truth Soldiers Tour, the all-star collection of independent underground hip hop artists making their way across the U.S. and Canada, starting out on May Day in Eureka. The Soldiers have a bullet-point manifesto with promises to "be strong and irreverent in the face of oppression," "to encourage and support efforts…
Arts Alive!
1. WORLD CUP 1626 F St. Robert Daugherty, black and white photographs of jazz legends; Georgia Long, portraits of local and iconic jazz artists, music by Robert and Jeff Daugherty. 1a. F ST. CAFÉ 1630 F St. 2. THE INK PEOPLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS 411 12th St. Jen Prather and Steph Mansolf, Dilemma or…
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…
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…
¡Viva el PRI!
I’m writing in regard to the article written by Julianna Boggs. (“The Hum,” April 23). In the article, she states: “If these performances inspire in you a sense of intellectualism or worldliness, you may want to join other confessed readers and radio listeners up at the university, where you belong, for an evening with David…
