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This Halloween, Speak Crudely and Carry a Big Boom Stick

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

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Public Safety Realignment and the Rise of the Petty Criminal in Shasta County

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

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How Do You Get a Homeless Vet off The Streets?

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

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Hillary Clinton’s Worst Weekend Ever

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

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Death to the Old Media; Long Live Andrew Breitbart!

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

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Beat The Heat 2016: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca State Highway 1 Motorcycle Road Trip

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