By Thomas Frank, Harper’s magazine April 2018. The liberal rank and file are more energized than they have been for years. Political novices are signing up to run for office across the country. Democrats are well ahead in nearly any poll you care to mention. But still, I give them only a fair-to-middling chance of…
“When Russia moved into the Ukraine and seized Crimea in 2014, it got more than its share of (bad) media coverage in the United States, as it did when it intervened in Syria the next year. So just imagine what kind of coverage Vladimir Putin’s favorite nation would be getting if, almost 17 years after…
Mr. Fish (Dwayne Booth) is a big fan of Jesus of Nazareth, one of humanity’s most famous radicals. See for yourself at his website.
CORRECTION: The invitation below was previously published by RR prematurely, and contained a significant error. This event is sponsored by the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County and several other organizations, but it will occur at 6 pm on March 28 at Christ Church United Methodist, 1717 Yulupa Avenue in Santa Rosa. We regret…
Head to Christ Church United Methodist in Santa Rosa on March 28 for what should be a lively discussion of who profits and who does not as Sonoma County recovers and rebuilds after last autumn’s wildfires. We assume this will include a discussion of Rebuild Northbay, the foundation that wealthy power broker Darius Anderson founded…
This kind of resistance does not allow onlookers to look away, especially in an age of social media. It brings the story to those who have refused to read it Saturday, March 10, 2018 The victorious strike by teachers in West Virginia did not only result in a long overdue pay raise. With the exuberance…
How the U.S. Can Use Diplomacy with North Korea Former Secretary of Defense William Perry will address the subject of nuclear diplomacy in a presentation at the Petaluma campus of Santa Rosa Junior College on Thursday, March 29 at 12:15 pm. The event, at the Carole Ellis Auditorium, is free and open to the public.…
Four United States senators are urging a new approach to U.S.-Russian relations based on renewed arms control efforts, but you probably haven’t heard about it from the mainstream media, Gilbert Doctorow and Ray McGovern report. In a sad commentary on the parlous state of the U.S. media, a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson…
