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How To Make Elk Liver

We rolled out of Lemmon Valley, just north of Reno, late on an icy night in December. My brother had insisted that a little midwinter…

Why Alfred E. Newman Is President

This morning I rose with The Answer, which I want to share with you. The same corporations that jerk around gasoline prices and smother public…

Life at the Fort Bragg Mill

June of 1977 there was uncertainty about the future of the mill in Fort Bragg. At that time it had been in operation for over…

A Salute to Old Panthers

When I think of high school football, the first thing that comes to mind is not grass or the Friday night lights, but the dust…

Harmonies, Old and New

In the Midwest, winter can crush you. It isn't always as harsh and long on the great prairie as it was this year, but you…

Mendo Budget Jumbo Mumbo

The proposed Mendocino County budget is written to hide the county's true fiscal plight. It also pretends that the austerity budget will work and that…

Techno-Burger, Hold the Fries

I fell asleep reading an article in a magazine I grabbed in the hotel lobby. The author crowed about how successful we Americans have become…

Los Angeles in Two Parts

Book Show: I steer a brand-new four-door Cadillac through Koreatown, which is much larger than I imagined. Block after block of Korean restaurants and banks…

My Life as a Rabbi

Asked to a recent wedding in Virginia (it was a family affair on a grand scale), the proud parents asked if I would do some…

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