As anti-war demonstrations were held across the country Saturday to coincide with the 20-year anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, several dozen people gathered at the Arcata Plaza to “rally for peace in Ukraine by seeking an end to the war with ceasefire and diplomacy.” Ellen Taylor, the first speaker, reinforced that point by […]
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Here’s How State Lawmakers Want to Help Californians with High Gas Prices
There’s a collective groan, rippling across California, as drivers pull into gas stations and see prices above $5. Gas prices per gallon are getting higher across the U.S., but prices in California are soaring higher than any other state according to the American Automobile Association. Thursday, the average price of gas in California was $5.69 […]
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Dust into Dust
In 1859, when Edward Fitzgerald published his English translation of the collected poetic quatrains attributed to Omar Khayyam, the Persian polymath from what is now Northeastern Iran had already been dead for more than seven centuries. The Rubaiyat was a popular hit with a Victorian English audience thirsting for the romantic Orientalism Edward Said would […]
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No War With Iran Protest (Photos)
A couple dozen people turned up at the Humboldt County Courthouse on Friday evening, most carrying signs, for a hastily planned protest of the prospect of a U.S. war with Iran. The protest followed the Jan. 2 U.S. drone strike in Iraq that killed Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard […]
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You Write Seven-O-Heaven
In case the attention lavished on local authors in this week’s NCJ Book Issue has you feeling a bit jealous, we at the Journal wanted to give you, the readers, the opportunity to do some brief writing of your own. Like, really brief. This week’s cover features Seven-O-Heaven star Will Startare delving into local author […]
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Exporting American Assholery
A trainer wins the hearts and minds of the Iraqi police: … via Silverstein .
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Xe, Pronouced ‘Zee’
produced.Xe, Pronouced ‘Zee’: The burly boys at Blackwater have given themselves a metrosexual