By Ruth Gadebusch Elections, by nature, are contentious with this one seemingly well on its way to record breaking. I have no scientific evidence, but it appears that the ads are nastier, started [...] Continue Reading
Opinion & Analysis
Stark Raving Mad
By Marc Keyser High-level officials under President Donald Trump are actively working to combat his controversial policies and erratic behavior, according to a scathing New York Times op-ed written by [...] Continue Reading
Wonder No More
By Ruth Gadebusch Just wondering, could it be that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a better man than we thought? After all, it appears that he is the only thing between the president and wiping out [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – October 2018
Dear Reader, When I took on the role of editor earlier this year, I envisioned a more all-inclusive progressive newspaper in the Valley. A print and online forum where those who speak are not [...] Continue Reading
A Workable Plan to End Homelessness
By Nancy Waidtlow I receive desperate calls from people who are homeless or on the verge of homelessness almost every day. In my post-retirement second career with the Dakota EcoGarden, I have learned [...] Continue Reading
Urgent Forestry Report
By Jemmy Bluestein This is an urgent proposal regarding the protection of forests in California and beyond based on my own 50 years of forestry experience. Since the killing/removal of the native [...] Continue Reading
Impeach Trump with Our Prayers
By Marc Keyser President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey because Comey would not drop the Trump-Russia investigation, and that’s obstruction of justice. The Republican-controlled Congress said [...] Continue Reading
A Nightmare from Immigration to Tariffs
By Ruth Gadebusch Who would have thought the immigration fiasco would still be festering. And fiasco is the mildest name we could designate! Congress has had ample time to fix it but continues to let [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – September 2018
Dear Reader, We begin September by celebrating Labor Day, which pays tribute to the American worker as well as the social and economic achievements of the labor movement. It is a longstanding public [...] Continue Reading
A Step too Far
By Ruth Gadebusch After days, months waiting, a Republican has finally criticized our president! As I have observed the actions of this man I have long questioned where the responsible adults in the [...] Continue Reading
One Valley, One Planet
By Kevin Hall Islands around the world are often held up as microcosms of unchecked climate change’s disastrous effects. From Puerto Rico and Easter Island, to archipelagos throughout the South [...] Continue Reading