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Posts published by “Michael Koepf”

What’s In A Name?

A lot more than we thought. Take Fort Bragg. Driven by the pique of social-justice activists, Fort Bragg’s in trouble, because of its name. Philip…

Wild Salmon, Can You Return To Us?

I grew up in California in a salmon fishing port. My father was a commercial, salmon fisherman, and I remember as a child that on…

Clearing Smoke Off The Great Redwood Trail

You Tube, June 1, 2022. A handsome, middle-aged man speaks quickly in televangelist, political-speak. He’s energized and has a slightly raspy voice much like the…

Congressman: I Can’t Afford An Electric Car

I can’t afford an electric car. Congressman Huffman, thinks I must. Huffman doesn’t work for Tesla. He’s supposed to work for us representing California’s second…

Frosting On Dead Fish

King Salmon. Delicious. California King Salmon, that is. In the nineteen sixties and seventies, it was priced a little bit more than hamburger. It was a…

As the Gentle Rain from Heaven

“The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth…

What Do I Know?

I know this: When it comes to Judi Bari and the oft-repeated assertion that Michael Sweeney wrote the Lord’s Avenger Letter, all I can say…

Bre’r Rabbit & The Political-Media Complex

Forget about the famed military-industrial complex of the Eisenhower years. It isn’t what it was. Yes, we have a military, but the industrial complex was…

Homeboy Dave

On a scale of one to ten, I admit that when it comes to governance, my confidence in the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors is…

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