Archive for March, 2008
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Seeing history through newsmen’s eyes…. or the pen is mightier than the pigs
While Newsday reporters celebrated their winning a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1970 for an exposé of corruption involving public officials and Republican Party figures on Long Island, one of the crooks who had been exposed showed up. Republican leader Freddie Fellman, who would subsequently go to prison, “lived up to his reputation as [...]
No Comments » - Posted in History,Personal,The Point Reyes Light Newspaper by DavidMitchell
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Five faces of Spring
“A little Madness in the Spring/ Is wholesome even for the King” — Emily Dickinson We’re only four days into Spring, and already the world looks brighter. Of course, the return of Daylight Savings Time has probably helped. In any case, here are five faces that have brightened my cabin in the past few days. [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Photography,Point Reyes Station,West Marin nature,Wildlife by DavidMitchell
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Supervisor Steve Kinsey defends further restrictions on woodstoves in West Marin
Government officials’ wanting to sound “green,” rather than science and common sense, seems to be behind the growing number of restrictions on West Marin’s woodstoves. (In fact, a number of environmentalists have complained that the new restrictions on woodstoves are actually un-environmental, for they encourage the use of fossil fuels for heating while restricting the [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in General News,History,Marin County,Point Reyes Station by DavidMitchell
Friday, March 14th, 2008
Prostitution in New York, Reno, and Point Reyes Station
Half the frontier towns in Northern California contain buildings that, if you believe local lore, were once bordellos. I can’t count the number of times someone in Point Reyes Station has assured me that either the Grandi or the Western Saloon used to be a whorehouse. I once asked the late Lefty Arndt, who had [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in General News,History,Point Reyes Station by DavidMitchell
Friday, March 7th, 2008
A country without the decency to ban torture
A San Francisco Chronicle headline and an Economist ad published in recent days provide worrisome evidence that a significant minority of Americans aren’t bothered by their government’s use of torture. In fact, more than a few Americans get off on it. “McCain Urges Bush to Veto Waterboard Bill; Senator Is Against Torture But Doesn’t Want [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in General News,History by DavidMitchell
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
National Seashore’s slaughter of deer traumatizes many residents here; ‘we demand a stop’
The Park Service’s hired hunters are assaulting not only wildlife but the value systems of West Marin residents as disparate as ranchers, deer hunters, animal-rights advocates, and merchants. Until now, the administration of Point Reyes National Seashore Supt. Don Neubacher has managed to avoid most of the criticism it deserves by repeatedly giving out misleading [...]
