It’s official. The mainstream media is dead. Donald J. Trump put the final nail in the coffin last week when he hired Breitbart News executive chairman Stephen K. Bannon to manage the final stages of his insanely improbable presidential campaign.… Continue Reading
I’m the runaway son of the nuclear A-bomb, hurtling down Interstate 5 on a big black motorcycle hellbent for the Pacific Ocean, girlfriend tucked in behind me, hands tight on my hips as we try to put as much distance… Continue Reading
Sometimes I fancy I’m the wise old man on the mountain, which isn’t too much of a stretch, being that I’m getting older every day and I live on a mountain. I go on long hikes through silent woods, hands… Continue Reading
Rani Moore doesn’t want random men using the ladies’ room. She doesn’t want boys and girls sharing locker rooms in K-12 schools. She doesn’t want you to pretend she’s a woman. All she wants is to be acknowledged and respected… Continue Reading
Lately I’ve been having to pinch myself to make sure I’m conscious and not trapped in some sort of waking hillbilly nightmare. Mostly I blame National Review writer Kevin D. Williamson for this. As the conservative publication’s roving correspondent, he’s… Continue Reading
Don’t make the white people angry. If there’s one lesson to be gained from the astounding rise of Donald Trump from billionaire developer/reality TV star to presumptive Republican presidential nominee, that’s it. So far, judging from the reaction to Trump’s… Continue Reading
The conundrum facing the political outsider is that in order to effect political change, you have to become a political insider. Jerome Venus, as outside a Shasta County supervisor candidate as you’re likely to ever come across, sums it up… Continue Reading
I’ve been hearing a lot of Merle Haggard on the jukebox lately. “Swingin’ Doors,” “Mama Tried” and especially “Fightin’ Side of Me.” Merle, world-famous country western musician and longtime Shasta County resident, passed away in Palo Cedro earlier this month,… Continue Reading
Sometimes, I wish I could be more like Ferdinand the bull. You remember Ferdinand, right? The character in Munro Leaf’s children’s story who preferred to spend his time in the field smelling the flowers rather than fighting in the bull… Continue Reading
It can’t be easy writing for The Walking Dead, the most-watched program on cable television now in its sixth season. Even hint that a favorite character is about to be bumped off and fans will deluge your Twitter feed with… Continue Reading
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