The outrageous excuses by the defenders of Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza have been repeated so many times that I fear they might be taken as the truth.

I am writing with huge thanks to the the City of Grass Valley for Measure B funding at work behind our houses. I had written and tried with the city ...

American consumers are addicted to cheap goods manufactured in China. Like any addiction, it seemed to start with a free sample and became an uncontrollable obsession. Both politicians and corporate ...

Quite some time ago I saw a clock in one of my favorite stores on Mill Street, Heart and Home. I didn’t buy it then, but I should have, because ...

Throughout history, the fall of empires has often been preceded by hubris—excessive pride, overconfidence among elites, and a failure to recognize the realities of the present. Are we now facing ...