Alvarado Street Bakery: A Company Run Like a Democracy
Region: United States
This past Tuesday, I went to a private screening of Michael Moore's new movie, Capitalism, A Love Story, at the Rialto Theater in Santa Rosa, California. I went as a guest of a friend that works at the Alvarado Street... more
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Glenn Beck : Political Smut Peddler
Region: United States
Morality in Media is one of many religious organizations that spearhead campaigns against pornography. On their site, they provide ten point Action Steps for their members. Step five suggests, "Make complaints to businesse... more
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Birthers Go Bonzo - Is It Bedtime?
Region: United States
Last week was the 40th. anniversary of the first moon landing. So, on CNN, Jim Clancy had the MythBusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman as guests to talk about their episode in which they debunk the "Moonlanders" claims th... more
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Remote Area Medical Coming To The Forum
Region: United States
I was born in the mid sixties and grew up watching Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom every Sunday night. Martin Perkins or his assistant Jim Fowler and later Stan Brock were often seen wrestling with giant snakes or bein... more
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Greenwashing - A National Sin?
Region: United States
Throughout the mid-nineties and up until the early part of this decade, I worked in the organic cotton, hemp, and recycled apparel industry. I began as an employee and then partner in a retail store on Venice Beach and in ... more
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The Emerald Triangle - Running Down The Mountain
Region: United States
In 1958, Jack Kerouac's book Dharma Bums was first published. It is a semi-fictionalized account of his introduction to mountaineering and Buddhism. Throughout the book, Kerouac grapples with the duality of his "city life"... more
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Blue Skies For Sebastopol, California
Region: California
Sebastopol, California is a small, mostly agricultural community nestled alongside Laguna de Santa Rosa and amongst the rolling landscape of West Sonoma, population 7,800. For the most part, Sebastopol is be... more
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The Coffeehouse Pediatrician
Region: United States
If anyone exemplifies our national need for single-payer healthcare it is Dr. Pierrette Mimi Poinsett. I first met Dr. Mimi a few months ago at a coffeehouse in Petaluma, California. It was easy to notice her warm smile. I... more
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