Letter from the Editor
David Bolling: The Tired, The Poor, The Tempest-Tost
In the late 1960s, as a junior reporter in Washington, D.C., I had the great good fortune of living in an apartment, at the intersection…
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Public Citizen
Larry Barnett: Rise of the Moral Monsters
We were warned. No less than James Baldwin, the brilliant black writer, observed the heinous conduct of white America towards people of color, was horrified,…
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Food and Wine
Kathleen Hill: Michelin Winners, Openings and Closings
While celebrating our country’s 250th anniversary, let’s remember that most of our forebears were immigrants who brought different ideas and goals, and sometimes traditional foods…
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Snark Infested Waters
Bob Edwards: How Long May It Wave?
And What Are The Odds? OK, pay attention, kids: 2026 minus 1776 equals 250. Yes, the 250th anniversary of the United States – July 4,…
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Wide Open Field
Steven Serafini: Soccer’s Universal Appeal
Sonoma Valley Sun Sports Editor Months before the globe’s most popular sport, now playing on its grand stage in the World Cup, I was singing…
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As I See It
Will Shonbrun – America 250: A Sad and Lonely World
I consider myself a born iconoclast. From as early as I can remember I learned not to trust what I was told by those ostensibly…
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Cartoons by Hilary
Cartoon by New Yorker Cartoonist Hilary Campbell
Hilary Campbell is an award-winning cartoonist, author and humorist. Her work regularly appears in the New Yorker Magazine. She was raised right here in Sonoma.
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What's Up With That?
Katy Byrne: Bombs Bursting in Air?
Gave Truth To The Night? You know the story. The bully in the playground has always existed. Through history we slayed dragons, lions, other humans,…
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Community Voices
Usury: The Debtors’ Prison Without Walls in America
By Georgia Kelly It seems that most people I know pay off their credit cards in full every month, or their accountant or secretary pays…
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Voices of the New Majority
Loretta Carpio Carr: Giving of Your Heart, One-by-one
Along with the rising cost of gasoline, insurance, groceries, water, gas and electricity, and taxes, I have noticed the increase in ticket costs to attend…
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Rude Awakenings
Catherine Sevenau: Through Any Given Door – A Family Memoir Prologue
My brother Larry thought Mom was a good mother, but he had a different childhood than we did. My sisters were convinced otherwise: Carleen complained…
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Sonoma Farm Scene
Seth Dolinsky: Friday Farmers Market – Local Food Central
Sonoma’s Friday Farmers market – officially the Sonoma Valley Certified Farmer’s Market (SCVFM) – has been the Valley’s main source for locally produced food for…
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Personal/Political
Josette Brose-Eichar: Paying Attention To What’s Important
Such A Lovely Planet, So Little Time I look at myself in the mirror and ask, “Exactly when did I become this old woman?” I…
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Wild Valley
Helen-Teri Shore: Burn Piles or Critter Condos?
What To Do with Burn Piles? Lately I’ve seen burn piles of oak limbs, bay branches, manzanita and tangled grass and leaves in parks and…
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