Letter from the Editor
David Bolling: Did Donald Trump Rape 13-Year Old Jane Doe?
As Donald Trump basks in the glow of his unauthorized assault on Iran, countless victims of his alleged illegal assaults against women are publicly wondering…
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Public Citizen
Larry Barnett: Losing the Moral High-Ground
America’s current strategy of dominance now explicitly includes removing leaders of other countries by force or outright killing them. Killing political leaders used to be…
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Food and Wine
Kathleen Hill: “Smash” to open on Sonoma Plaza
The Glen Ellen Star-Stella team will open their new “Smash” on the ground floor of Taub Family Outpost at the corner of First Street West…
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Snark Infested Waters
Bob Edwards: American Royalty
Many hereabouts are looking forward to the “No Kings” demonstrations scheduled nationwide for March 28. Billed as a protest against our President, his policies, behaviors,…
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As I See It
Will Shonbrun: Meet Jarvis Masters
His name is Jarvis Masters, and he has been on Death Row since 1990 for a crime he did not commit. Jarvis writes, “When I…
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Cartoons by Hilary
Cartoon by Hilary: “And this is the building’s coworking space.”
Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker magazine cartoonist, author and humorist. She also happens to have been born and raised right here in Sonoma.
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What's Up With That?
Katy Byrne: Boomers – The Juice is waiting for you
Ageing in a Trump world – it’s a double whammy. Getting old is weird. It’s odd facing the unknown every day. What does this lump…
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Community Voices
John Staley: A Decade Without Decadence
By John Staley Sobriety is a pain in the ass – inconvenient in other words. When I decided to quit drinking ten years ago, I…
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Voices of the New Majority
Loretta Carpio-Carr: Happy Autumn!
My neighborhood in Sonoma’s west side has a lot of foot traffic – students walking to and from school, patients going to their medical appointments,…
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Rude Awakenings
Catherine Sevenau: Through Any Given Door – A Family Memoir Prologue
My brother Larry thought Mom was a good mother, but he had a different childhood than we did. My sisters were convinced otherwise: Carleen complained…
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Sonoma Farm Scene
Seth Dolinsky: Friday Farmers Market – Local Food Central
Sonoma’s Friday Farmers market – officially the Sonoma Valley Certified Farmer’s Market (SCVFM) – has been the Valley’s main source for locally produced food for…
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Personal/Political
Josette Brose-Eichar: How Do We Protect Our Mother?
When we first moved to the Sonoma Valley in 2002, I had a naive view of the town of Sonoma and the valley. I thought…
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Wild Valley
Helen-Teri Shore: Burn Piles or Critter Condos?
What To Do with Burn Piles? Lately I’ve seen burn piles of oak limbs, bay branches, manzanita and tangled grass and leaves in parks and…
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