Our Last Best Chance

(April 11, 2024) Four years ago, we took a stand in these pages that still keeps us up at night from time to time. It was November of 2019 and the Humboldt County...

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Eureka City Schools and the Muppet Man

(March 21, 2024) About a week after the Eureka City Schools board blindsided the public by approving an unusual land exchange agreement to offload its old Jacobs Middle School campus in a $6...

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Alternative Energy Brainstorming with Billionaires

(April 11, 2024) Welcome all! Thank you for joining me in my secret underwater bubble retreat overlooking the Mariana Trench. Please make yourselves comfortable — I only ask that you not tap on the...

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Wishful Weed for 2024

(March 14, 2024) Ladeez Nite. Girlfriends, it can be tough to keep the fabulous vibes going when the people who want to define you solely by your reproductive organs also want to...

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Is Zopissa Right for You?

(January 18, 2024) Always take Zopissa as directed. Like the people in this ad, while laughing in a park with a non-threateningly diverse group of friends in colorful clothing. Or in full makeup...

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Why Deindustrialization (Not Wind) is the Answer

(April 25, 2024) I appreciated the Journal's thoughtful editorial on energy use and offshore wind project proposed for Humboldt County ("Our Last Best Chance," April 11).  Yet in ongoing "green power" debates, one important...

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Let's Bring Coast Central Out of the Shadows

(February 8, 2024) If, as the Washington Post suggests, democracy dies in darkness, then democracy can waste away in the shadows. Coast Central Credit Union members — who are also its owners —...

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On the Finding of 'Human Remains' in the Dunes

(January 11, 2024) As I write this on a Sunday night, more than 48 hours have elapsed since the sheriff's office "received a call regarding human remains found by beachgoers in the area...

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'Intertwined Ecological Crises'

(April 25, 2024) Editor: I take issue with your recent editorial, titled "Our Last Best Chance" (April 11). You wrote, "Humboldt County now has the potential to play an outsized role in the effort...

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'Humanistic Compassion'

(April 25, 2024) Editor: I appreciate your seemingly through expose, (fine journalism) recounting Patrick Harvey's history ("Seeking Salvation," April 18). Our humanistic compassion should allow this man to return to the community, "if...

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'Pirate Flag on Top'

(April 25, 2024) Editor: The American flag should fly above the Earth flag because that arrangement portrays our view of the world ("Judge: Arcata Can't Put Earth Flag on Top," April 11). The...

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