As many predicted, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court has become a dangerous embarrassment, reveling in a medieval Christo-fascist worldview that once burned ‘heretics’ like Joan of Arc at the stake, routinely drowned women as witches and filled the death camps at Auschwitz and... Continue
Snark Infested Waters
We are constantly reminded that Planetary Doom is inevitable if we don't get our greenhouse-gassing/carbon-emitting/arctic-melting/deforestating/overfishing/over-eating/under-exercising/over-dumping and plastic under control by 2050. After that, the planet as we know it (yes, even the Plaza) will become a giant Apocalyptic movie set. And Humans with our gassy/trashy/smashy/TicToc... Continue
Parents in Sonoma Valley can relax: There is NO truth to rumors that school trustees are heading to Afghanistan to learn how to run a decent school district. At least it wasn't mentioned in the superintendent's recent letter to parents, sent after yet another wave... Continue
I passed Cap'n Snark on the Plaza recently and made the mistake of nodding “hello.” Immediately he restrained me by the elbow and launched into one of his high-decibel rants. “Them rules about humane war is messin' up this Ukraine thing!" “OK .... Continue
Many are concerned that our nation is descending into civil war or – even worse – another mask mandate. Adding to anxiety is imminent war in Ukraine, that favorite invasion route to and from Europe for Genghis Khan, Napoleon, and Hitler. In 1991, Ukraine declared... Continue
2022 is only weeks old and even cynics must admit that it is shaping up to be a Great Good News Year. Considering what we've been through in the last -- what? -- five, ten, 240 years, we can probably all agree that we deserve... Continue
Amidst endless mass shootings, wars, wildfires, drought, plague, economic collapses, insurrections, bomb cyclones, atmospheric rivers, drug deaths, and sea levels rising as fast as the crime rate, perhaps no rallying cry has been heard as often as "We're All In This Together!" It's a noble... Continue
Quick: In 45,000 words or less, can you describe what the world was like for you and your loved ones just five short years ago, in August, 2016? With all that's transpired, you might not even remember who our President was back then. No, not... Continue
One sign our nation is Back on Track is that Covid could be vaccinated into submission in much of the country by the 4th of July. Once-scarce vaccinations are now available everywhere, from bus stops to taco trucks, and Americans 12 years of age &... Continue
Not since Atticus Finch defended Tom Robinson back in 1929 Alabama has a trial transfixed the nation like that of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, now facing charges ranging from manslaughter to second-degree murder for kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a black man, until... Continue