Anyone studying climate change-related CO2 production understands that trans-boundary emissions are inadequately accounted for. Those are the emissions emitted by the airplanes that bring tourists to Sonoma Valley hotels, restaurants and wineries. They include the internal combustion engine emissions that out-of-county tourists generate getting to... Continue
Letter From The Editor
I was working on my computer during a recent weekday evening with the TV on in the background, when the sudden assault took place, interrupting my train of thought, scrambling my ability to frame rational word associations, flooding my brain with inchoate rage and sending... Continue
The dissenting opinion of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor in the Trump immunity case, lightly edited for brevity, with emphasis added in bold. Today’s decision to grant former Presidents criminal immunity reshapes the institution of the Presidency. It makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to... Continue
On June 5 the Sonoma City Council responded to a long festering demand by local citizens – including a significant number of students from Sonoma Valley High School – by drafting and introducing a ceasefire resolution about the war in Gaza. The resolution was reasonable,... Continue