Contrary to my image as a seeker of truth and a believer in rational thought, I’m an incredibly superstitious person. I have a long-running feud with black cats and will not cross one’s path...
Tagged: R.V. Scheide
President Donald Trump is only half-lying when he claims to be the “most transparent president” in history. It’s true that Trump has gone to great lengths to obstruct any and all investigations into his...
The following is an open letter in response to Shasta County District 5 Supervisor Les Baugh’s Dec. 23 Facebook post maligning my journalist colleagues Annelise Pierce and A News Café publisher Doni Chamberlain in...
To tell you the truth, I’m uncertain what you’re about to read actually occurred. Perhaps I had too much to drink, or far more likely, someone put something into my drink. I swear I...
President Donald J. Trump has said he could shoot a person on 5th Avenue and his supporters would still stick by him. It appears to be one of the few things he’s right about....
I grew up in southern Idaho and eastern Washington next to large Native American Indian reservations. I went to grade school, junior high and high school with kids from the rez; some were friends,...
The following is an open letter to Redding Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jake Mangas in response to his blog post last week on the chamber’s website, “Hate Speech and Bethel Church.”
Dear Jake,
I read your blog post last week, in which you wrongly accused thousands of local citizens of religious discrimination, with concern from the very beginning.
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a worldwide revolution going on, from Puerto Rico to Hong Kong to Ecuador to Haiti to Lebanon to Iraq to Chile. The lower classes are fed up with...
I hate to break it to the rightwing evangelical Christians that form the core of President Donald J. Trump’s cult-like base, but not even God can save their anointed king from his own impetuous...
Had enough of Pacific Gas & Electric’s Public Safety Power Shutdowns yet? I have. The generator’s been throbbing away in the garage all weekend, it’s hard to think with that damned thing running, let...
