When someone talks about pushing you off a cliff, it’s just human nature to be curious about them. Who are these people, you wonder, and why would they want to do such a thing? That’s what I was [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
Is the Republic Imperiled? Or Are the Voters in the Central Valley?
Book Review: Restoring the Republic by Devin Nunes (WND Books, 2010). I am not quite sure how best to approach a review of Devin Nunes’ book, Restoring the Republic. Nunes, the U.S. Congressional [...] Continue Reading
CREDO: Meet Georgia Linscheid
Georgia Linscheid describes herself as a “thoroughbred Mennonite,” with ancestors from the Old Country who became pioneer farmers in the U.S. Midwest. She grew up in a Mennonite community in Ohio, on [...] Continue Reading
Alcohol and Drugs in Fresno County, or Why I Can’t Support Prevention Any Longer
Besides writing two columns (including this one) and being active in the queer community, I also serve the greater Fresno community as a member of the county’s Alcohol and Drug Advisory Board. Over [...] Continue Reading
Surprise: Rehabilitation through Spirituality
Earlier this year, John Flock and I, Unitarian Universalists, began participating with Maria Telesco in prison ministry at a men’s state prison. We learned of a small group of men interested in [...] Continue Reading
Poetry Corner
Edited by Richard Stone Richard Iyall has given us another powerful poem concerning his Native American ancestry. While repeaters are welcome, I give priority to newcomers—anyone out there? (I do [...] Continue Reading
Hungarian Red Mud Alumina Flood
Shortly after noon on October 4, a toxic waste reservoir at the Ajka Timföldgyár alumina plant in western Hungary collapsed, releasing a “red river from hell”—a 3- to 7- foot-high tsunami of about a [...] Continue Reading
Video Remix Festival in January
“Oil and War” will be the theme of a first-of-its-kind Critical Remix Festival. The festival and gallery opening will take place January 6, 2011, at 5 p.m. at Gallery 25 (660 Van Ness Ave.) in [...] Continue Reading
From the Communications Side
There are foreboding winds stirring in the electronic media world: A virtual battle of titans approaches as the major telecommunications, data and video providers determine the future flow and [...] Continue Reading
Smiling Seriously: Creative Genius at Work
[Editor: This article was originally printed in the October 2004 Community Alliance newspaper.] If you are a progressive political activist in Fresno, you have seen him with his video camera at your [...] Continue Reading
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School
In recent months, the Fresno Chapter of the ACLU has become involved in the struggle by community members to have a middle school built in Southwest Fresno. A funny thing happened on the way to that [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Support Real Peace for Palestinians Israel’s attempt to end the so-called moratorium on settlement building in Palestine seen as “unprecedented” by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [...] Continue Reading