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Biologist, historian and author Jeff Norman lives on…
Sometimes people grow up sane despite the best effor…
John Kerry vs. George W. Bush. Michael Moore vs. Mel…
What is happening behind those closed doors, wonders…
Critics often claim that jazz has lacked a galvanizing movement or trailblazer since the death of John Coltrane in 1967. But when the history of the music’s past quarter century is written, there will be a long chapter or two on the wave of Latin American musicians who have transformed Latin…
The race for the 27th District Assembly seat is a li…
Sarah Bardwell did not get the names of the four FBI…
So far the Republican convention has been all about courage, compassion and lauding our War President for possessing ample quantities of both, including the theater-in-the-round stage designed to highlight the president’s strength and authority, and the Deco-inspired lectern meant to invoke …
Salinas is a city at a crossroads, and a city of con…
Mindy, a ruddy-faced mother in her early 40s, opened…
Vera Drake, the eponymous heroine of Mike Leigh’s ne…
Having trouble deciding who to vote for on Nov. 2? Confused about who is a Republican and who is a Democrat? Do you listen to the candidates and get confused by their triangulations?
National security is a central issue in this campaig…
The last round of gerrymandering by the state legisl…
Oh, you sweet, innocent, carefree citizens in non-swing states. You have no idea how much fun and slime you aare missing.
The sun is rising and Bruce Delgado sits in his livi…
Last year, my girlfriend and I took one of Gary Muns…
The sellout crowd at the Sovereign Center erupted Fr…
Four years ago, on Oct. 27, 2000, CNN reported that polls from Time, Gallup, ABC News, USA Today, and the Washington Post found that Bush was ahead in the popular vote. Some said Bush had a “solid advantage.”
I can feel the vitamins course through my veins ever…
I believe The Rocky Horror Show has evolved beyond t…
‘Silicon Valley to the Salad Bowl”—that’s how Democratic incumbent Simón Salinas refers to the 28th Assembly District, which stretches from the southern end of Santa Clara County, through all of San Benito County, and down to eastern Monterey County.
To hear the challengers to Pacific Grove’s four avai…
McCain to America: Fight Something!
Despite his band being an obvious crowd favorite at the Monterey Battle of the Bands Finals, Eric Gilmore, lead singer of Bullettooth, had a rough evening on the night of the competition finals against other local rock groups like Retribution, FSU, Liquid 8, and Righteous Anger. After their …
Q: What is most frightening about the upcoming election?
Mark Risley calls the grand opening of his new campa…
The front-page news in London last Wednesday was a story that the NY Times and LA Times both missed. President Bush’s special envoy to Iraq, James Baker (you may remember him most recently as W’s spokesman during the 2000 Florida recount), was trying to persuade many nations to forgive Iraq’…
On a rainy Tuesday afternoon in Monterey, the five m…