I swear I’d just finished reading an article about Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to ban so-called fake news from Facebook when wouldn’t you know it’s a YouTube video popped up in my Facebook feed proclaiming President Barack Obama to be gay,… Continue Reading
Living as I do in the peaceful, wooded foothills of eastern Shasta County, I still sometimes find it hard to believe there’s a crime epidemic sweeping the fair city of Redding in the valley below. It’s easy to get lulled… Continue Reading
So now we know what snakes on a train look like. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel wasted no time slithering on board the Trump Train after president-elect Donald J. Trump’s stunning victory last… Continue Reading
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Walking Dead, Ash vs. Evil Dead, American Horror Story: Roanoke, and Dusk Till Dawn. Television-viewing America has finally met Negan, and the verdict is in: By depicting the brutally realistic barbwire-wrapped baseball bat bludgeoning of two of… Continue Reading
I was recently blasting south down I-5 on my motorcycle, pushing 80 mph as the city of Shasta Lake disappeared in my rear-view mirrors, when the traffic began to slow, for no apparent reason. The car, van and truck occupying… Continue Reading
At this late date, I think it’s fair to say Redding is a city under siege by petty criminals. Everyone knows it and the rising property crime rate shows it. It’s the talk of the town. Gaunt phantoms stalk the… Continue Reading
There’s a meme going around, a diptych comprised of two gifs; Donald Trump allegedly mocking a disabled reporter on the right, Hillary Clinton allegedly suffering a seizure on the left. It’s pretty damned creepy, and to me, perfectly sums up… Continue Reading
Richard Gierman knows what it’s like to fall between the cracks. Like millions of Americans, the 57-year-old Army veteran and construction engineer found himself out of work after the onset of the Great Recession in 2007. The oldest of six… Continue Reading
It’s been more than a quarter-century since Bill and Hillary Clinton emerged on the national landscape, and we still don’t get Hillary Clinton. That apparently is the belief of cautiously optimistic Democratic operatives after Donald Trump narrowed Clinton’s lead in… Continue Reading
God bless Colin Kaepernick! I’d almost given up on watching the San Francisco 49ers this year when the former starting quarterback sparked a national uproar by refusing to stand during “The Star-Spangled Banner” at preseason NFL football games. When asked… Continue Reading
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