It surprises me, how much I cleave to the past. I’m not talking about history, but rather my past. My brother’s 50th birthday, came and went and I promised myself, I wouldn’t allow it to grip me, leaving me sad and heartbroken. He died in 2010 and it still feels like the moment my Aunt…

The Gasquet Toll Road is a corduroy road, with a bed composed of timbers laid across its width and a surface of dirt and gravel. The result is an improvement over impassable mud or dirt roads, yet rough in the best of conditions and a hazard to horses due to shifting loose logs. A newspaper…

Klamath County might still exist today, had it not been for its  geography. When Del Norte County was founded in 1857, Klamath was still a county, with Siskiyou to east, Del Norte on the north and Humboldt and Trinity Counties to the south. The history of the northern counties of California goes back seven-years prior,…

Born Ann Kelley, in Ireland in 1819, she immigrated to Boston, where she met her future husband, John McLaughlin. He was a sailor, whose home port was New Orleans, where his parents died of a yellow fever epidemic. While living in New Orleans, the McLaughlin’s became friends with a family named Cadahi, who lived nearby…

Over the past ten days I’ve been struggling with Facebook and the fact that they seem intent on shutting up those of us who have been telling those rioting in the streets to go home, George Zimmerman has been acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin and that is the end of this so-called ‘battle over race.’…

Two rival motorcycle gang members are facing charges in court, Monday, nearly two years after a fight at John Ascuaga’s in Sparks. Vagos member Ernesto Gonzalez is charged with the murder of Hell’s Angels San Jose Chapter President Jeffrey Pettigrew.  Rival Hell’s Angel Cesar Villagrana is charged with attempted murder after shooting a Vagos member…

South Carolina’s Progressive Republican Lindsey ‘Goober’ Graham is suggesting the U.S boycott the Winter Olympics in the former Soviet Union, if the Russians grant asylum to NAS whistleblower Edward Snowden.  Graham says he knows “athletes would be heartbroken” but claims the move would put pressure on President Vladimir Putin. Typical Progressivism — punish the ‘many’ because…

She’s the newest sensation in the same-stream media, Rachel Jeantel. She is Trayvon Martin’s friend and was exploited interviewed by that dashing Brit host Pierce Morgan on CNN. I’ve edited the report tête-à-tête into what I believe to be the more entertaining informative parts. Rachel Jeantel on ‘People in Law or Security Enforcement…’ MORGAN: Let’s talk about…

While some protest, riot and decry injustice and out rage over the Zimmerman verdict, the Treasury Department is admitting the confidential tax information of  political candidates and campaign donors are being improperly scrutinized by government officials. However, the Justice Department is declining to prosecute any of the instances of potential wrongdoing. Treasury’s inspector general for tax administration,…

Senator Harry Reid was answering questions at the Center for American Progress on Monday when a man identified himself as a student at the University of Southern California.  Turns out Reid’s not a fan of the Trojans. As the guy was asking the Senate Leader a question, Reid interrupted him, saying, “I hope you have a…