Having lived in Siskiyou County for more than half a century, it worries and distresses me to observe the gradual disappearance of the things that make our rural lifestyle what it is, things that make...
I started this morning intending to write one of my gloom-and-doom stories about the sad condition of the state of California, with its out-of-control taxes, homeless epidemic, crime, and mass illegal...
Last Tuesday’s home win against Central Valley in the final Northern Athletic League match of the season solidified the Yreka High School girls’ tennis team’s domination of the conference. The L...
Once upon a time the word “extremist” actually meant something. Osama Bin Laden comes to mind, along with the likes of Timothy McVeigh and Theodore Kaczynski, the “Unabomber.” The Britannica Dictiona...
I’ve been a Jimmy Buffett fan for many years, I’ve seen him perform! a couple of times One of his songs was, “Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw?” A few years ago I wrote a little parody of that song. ...
I avoided COVID the first time around, but it’s back, and finally caught up with me. Fortunately, the current version isn’t nearly as lethal, more like the flu, a bad cold, or a combination of both. ...
On the morning of February 1, 2012, before the general public began entering the Siskiyou County Courthouse, County Maintenance Supervisor Billy McCully and two others entered the building on their wa...
Guest Opinion published June 13, 2017, Siskiyou Daily News Publishers Note; Following some National Politics and BoB’s old letter spoke to me! Bob said I can reprint as long as I reminded you th...
Aloha from Maui. If you’re as old as I am, you probably know about “High Noon,” the wonderful and iconic 1952 western movie that won 4 Oscars. It starred, among others, Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly,...
When I was in law school almost sixty years ago, one of my law professors was Rollin M. Perkins, who taught the course in criminal law. He was well-regarded nationally, and his textbook, “Perkin...