Can you feel it, ladies and gentlemen? There’s been a great disturbance in the force. The wall separating church and state in America has been breached and right-wing evangelical Christians have poured in through the gap, all under the guise… Continue Reading
Danger, Shasta County, danger. The gays are coming. They’re building a freeway through your house. While you’re putting out the fire in the barn, they’re torching the bank. There’s no telling what these inherently immoral gay people will get up… Continue Reading
I’m only the slightest bit ashamed to admit I was giddy all last week during the build up to Stormy Daniels’ big interview with Anderson Cooper on “60 Minutes” Sunday night. Stormy’s pretty easy on the eyes and I was… Continue Reading
James Benno wants his stuff back. All of it, everything that was confiscated for evidence or destroyed after the Shasta Interagency Narcotics Task Force raided his Happy Valley medical marijuana collective in 2014, including but not limited to his dignity.… Continue Reading
Next Monday, unless the Shasta County District Attorney’s office pulls a rabbit out of its hat, local medical marijuana cultivator and activist James Benno and his two sons will walk out of the courthouse free men, completely exonerated of all… Continue Reading
It’s another week with another school shooting in America, but this time it feels different. The Republican strategy of offering thoughts and prayers, along with admonitions that now is not the time to talk about gun control, has been met… Continue Reading
It’s no secret that Shasta County, along with much of rural America, hasn’t snapped back from the Great Recession as vibrantly as the coastal cities, where the financial and technology sectors have been booming. Not that the local economy hasn’t… Continue Reading
There’s a dangerous myth spreading across America, and someone needs to bring it to a halt. That myth is that robots and automation are stealing all of our jobs. OK, it’s not just a myth. Robots and automation are stealing… Continue Reading
People love to hate quarterback Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. I know, because I used to be one of those people. Now that the Patriots are heading back to the Super Bowl, their third trip in four seasons,… Continue Reading
This morning I got up, made a quadruple latte, began perusing my Facebook feed and ran across a story about the Redding Police Department receiving naloxone kits. Naloxone is the miracle drug that can revive overdosed opioid junkies like Lazarus… Continue Reading
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