These columns originally appeared in the Petaluma Argus Courier
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Columns by topic (under construction)
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COLUMNS FROM 2008 |
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Summary |
| 239 |
What Would Santa Do? |
December 4, 2008 |
Will a Santa made homeless by global warming stimulate serious climate protection? |
| 238 |
God Bless the Whole World |
November 20, 2008 |
Obama wins, gays must wait, narrow-mindedness ain't so straight |
| 237 |
A Down to Earth Economy |
November 6, 2008 |
The US economy itself is one big derivate fraud, since it doesn't value the Earth. |
| 236 |
Power to the Community Organizers |
October 23, 2008 |
Attention Sarah Palin: Jesus was a community organizer, Pilate was a Governor. |
| 235 |
Flying The Phoenix |
October 8, 2008 |
Petaluma's Phoenix Theater is up to so good again. |
| 234 |
Petaluma Dont Go There |
September 25, 2008 |
Wastewater Measure K is a shortcut to bankruptcy. |
| 233 |
Bicycling Equality, Here, Now |
September 10, 2008 |
Let's take bikes as seriously as we take cars. |
| 232 |
Cool As Cucumbers |
August 27, 2008 |
Singing for the love of local food. |
| 231 |
Follow Your Nose to Petaluma |
August 14 , 2008 |
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| 230 |
Not On My Front Porch |
July 30, 2008 |
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| 229 |
Today As If Tomorrow Mattered |
July 16, 2008 |
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[6 month hiatus] |
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| 228 |
Smartness, Darkness, and Light |
January 2 , 2008 |
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COLUMNS FROM 2007 |
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Summary |
| 227 |
Lookin' Good, Or Not |
December 5, 2007 |
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| 226 |
Heed the Warning Signs |
November 21, 2007 |
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| 225 |
Join the Mo' No Mo' Movement |
November 7, 2007 |
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| 224 |
Help! I Need Somebody |
October 24, 2007 |
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| 223 |
Turn the Tide of Battle |
October 10, 2007 |
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| 222 |
Daily Acts, Small and Large |
September 26, 2007 |
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| 221 |
The Unasked Questions |
September 12, 2007 |
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| 220 |
Learning the Way to School |
August 29, 2007 |
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| 219 |
Living On River Time |
August 15, 2007 |
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| 218 |
Boxes Big and Small |
July 18 , 2007 |
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| 217 |
Why Save Internet Radio |
June 20 , 2007 |
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| 216 |
Red Shirt, Blue State |
June 6 , 2007 |
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| 215 |
Petaluma. We Show Up |
May 23 , 2007 |
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| 214 |
Sex, Drugs, and Environmentalism |
May 9 , 2007 |
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| 213 |
Bringing the Troops Home |
April 25, 2007 |
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| 212 |
A Guide to Mindful Driving |
April 11 , 2007 |
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| 211 |
Something to Tell the Grandhildren |
March 28, 2007 |
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| 210 |
What Kind of Park? |
March 14 , 2007 |
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| 209 |
A Different Kind of Spring |
February 28 , 2007 |
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| 208 |
The Community Immune System |
February 14 , 2007 |
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| 207 |
The Best That We Can Do |
January 31 , 2007 |
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| 206 |
Feet On the Ground |
January 17 , 2007 |
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| 205 |
Confessions of a Commonist |
January 3 , 2007 |
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COLUMNS FROM 2006 |
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| 204 |
Rescued From The Avalanche |
December 20 , 2006 |
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| 203 |
How Bout Dem Elections |
December 6 , 2006 |
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| 202 |
Life as Art in Petaluma |
November 22, 2006 |
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| 201 |
Children of the Future |
November 8, 2006 |
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| 200 |
Three Islands and a Sunny Hill |
October 25, 2006 |
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| 199 |
Of Balloting and Halloween |
October 11 , 2006 |
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| 198 |
198 Persistence for Sustainability |
September 27, 2006 |
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| 197 |
The Necklace and the Crown |
September 13 , 2006 |
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| 196 |
The Story of Yum and Yuck |
August 30 , 2006 |
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| 195 |
The Practical Radical |
August 16 , 2006 |
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| 194 |
Plants and Planning Explained |
August 2 , 2006 |
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| 193 |
Transitions in Progress |
July 19 , 2006 |
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| 192 |
A Fire in the Belly |
July 5, 2006 |
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| 191 |
A Lesson From a Cat |
May 24, 2006 |
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| 190 |
Ms Murray and the Mountains |
May 10, 2006 |
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| 189 |
Standing In Front of the 7-Eleven |
April 26, 2006 |
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| 188 |
From Throw-Ups to Burners |
April 12, 2006 |
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| 187 |
www.petalumaphoenix.org |
March 29 , 2006 |
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| 186 |
I Rant, Get No Satisfaction |
March 15, 2006 |
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| 185 |
Enter the Tour de Petaluma |
March 1, 2006 |
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| 184 |
As Long As the Boom Has Room |
February 15, 2006 |
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| 183 |
Stay Out of the Way, or Pay |
February 1, 2006 |
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| 182 |
Our Choice: Petrolism or Patriotism |
January 18, 2006 |
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| 181 |
A Day of Celebration |
January 4, 2006 (Dec 21 vac) |
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COLUMNS FROM 2005 |
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| 180 |
If It's Too Loud...Huh? |
December 7, 2005 |
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| 179 |
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. |
November 23, 2005 |
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| 178 |
My Secret Pary Affiliation |
November 9, 2005 |
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| 177 |
You Get What They Pay For |
October 26, 2005 |
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| 176 |
Yes On M: Food With a Future |
October 12, 2005 |
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| 175 |
A River in a Time of Dryness |
September 28, 2005 |
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| 174 |
Autumn Equinox At Your Door |
September 14, 2005 |
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| 173 |
How Intelligent Are We? |
August 31, 2005 |
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| 172 |
I Still Have My Broom |
August 17, 2005 (Aug 3 vac) |
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| 171 |
Working on Commission |
July 20, 2005 |
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| 170 |
Flying in a New Direction |
July 6, 2005 (Jun 22 vac) |
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| 169 |
Long Live Cinnabar Theater |
June 8, 2005 |
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| 168 |
What Is It Worth? |
May 25, 2005 |
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| 167 |
Here, Have Some Popcorn |
May 11, 2005 |
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| 166 |
Pain at the Pump |
April 27, 2005 |
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| 165 |
A Day on the Hidden Highway |
April 13, 2005 |
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| 164 |
A Tale of Two Planets |
March 30 , 2005 |
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| 163 |
All Alone in the World |
March 16, 2005 |
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| 162 |
The Many Faces of Democracy |
March 2 , 2005 |
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| 161 |
Stepping Up to the Plate |
February 16 , 2005 |
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| 160 |
Tales of Trash and Treasure |
February 2, 2005 |
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| 159 |
Going Home, Staying Home |
January 19 , 2005 |
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| 158 |
So That Others May Simply Live |
January 5 , 2005 |
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COLUMNS FROM 2004 |
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| 157 |
The Dream of the Oak Tree |
December 22 , 2004 |
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| 156 |
Living In Mobile, Petaluma |
December 8 , 2004 |
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| 155 |
Conservative In My Old Age |
November 24, 2004 |
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| 154 |
Keep Watering the Dirt |
November 10, 2004 |
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| 153 |
Welcome Back, Elderberry Spring |
October 27 , 2004 |
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| 152 |
Campaign Accounting, Accountability |
October 13 , 2004 |
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| 151 |
Democracy Don't Come Easy |
September 29, 2004 |
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| 150 |
What Are We Willing To Believe? |
September 15 , 2004 |
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| 149 |
The Petaluma Road Kill Museum |
Sepetember 1, 2004 |
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| 148 |
Better Homes and Garbage |
August 18, 2004 |
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| 147 |
Tolay
Or Not Tolay |
August 4, 2004 |
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| 146 |
Introducing
the Rainier Parkway |
July 21, 2004 |
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| 145 |
Music
is the Solution |
July 7, 2004 |
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| 144 |
It's
Fun to Be Real |
June 23, 2004 |
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| 143 |
Traveling,
Staying In Touch |
June 9, 2004 (May 6 vac.) |
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| 142 |
The
Perils of Short Timer Syndrome |
May 12, 2004 |
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| 141 |
Brothers,
Do The Math |
April 28, 2004 |
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| 140 |
Campaign
Finance Reform Revival |
April 14, 2004 |
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| 139 |
Preventing
Leaks and Floods |
March 31, 2004 |
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| 138 |
Learning
- It's A Good Thing |
March 17, 2004 |
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| 137 |
Love
Your (Human) Race |
March 3, 2004 |
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| 136 |
Petaluma
Primary Voter Guide |
February 18, 2004 |
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| 135 |
A
Tale of Two Wars |
February 4, 2004 |
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| 134 |
Campaign
in the You Know Where |
January 21, 2004 |
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| 133 |
While
America Was Sleeping |
January 7, 2004 |
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COLUMNS FROM 2003 |
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| 132 |
There's More Than Only One |
December 24, 2003 |
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| 131 |
Somewhere, Under the Rainbow |
December 10, 2003 |
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| 130 |
Sell Lafferty, or Sell
Lafferty? |
November 25, 2003 |
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| 129 |
Green Eye for the Gray Guy |
November 11, 2003 |
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| 128 |
Practical Paving for Petaluma |
October 29, 2003 |
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| 127 |
Laugh to Keep From Crying |
October 15, 2003 |
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| 126 |
Can You Recall a Better
Day? |
October 1, 2003 (9-17 vac.) |
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| 125 |
The Shadows of Things to
Come |
September 3, 2003 |
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| 124 |
Brought to You In Loving
Color |
August 20, 2003 |
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| 123 |
Walk the Petaluma Rim Trail |
August 6, 2003 |
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| 122 |
Bad News and Good News |
July 23, 2003 |
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| 121 |
Summer Guide to Words
and Music |
July 9, 2003 |
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| 120 |
Making the Push to the Top |
June 25, 2003 |
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| 119 |
How the Best Was Won |
June 11, 2003 |
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| 118 |
Good Enough for Good
Government |
May 28, 2003 |
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| 117 |
The Empire's New Clothes |
May 14, 2003 |
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| 116 |
Feed the Soul, Feed the
Planet |
April 30, 2003 |
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| 115 |
To Take It or Leave It |
April 16, 2003 |
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| 114 |
A Connection of Random
Thoughts |
April 2, 2003 |
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| 113 |
Grow
Your Own Green Power Plant |
March 19, 2003 |
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| 112 |
Support
Our Troops. Bring Them Home |
March 5, 2003 |
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| 111 |
It
Wasn't A Quiet Hometown Week |
February 19, 2003 |
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| 110 |
Voices of
Frogs and Freedom |
February 5, 2003 |
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| 109 |
MADM:
Mother's Against Driving Madness |
January 22, 2003 |
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| 108 |
You Can
Always Go Downtown |
January 8, 2003 |
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COLUMNS FROM 2002 |
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| 107 |
Or the World
In Pieces |
December 25, 2002 |
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| 106 |
Oh, When the
Shark Bites |
December 11, 2002 |
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| 105 |
Don't Hold Your
Breath |
November 27, 2002 |
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| 104 |
The
Milk of Corporate Sponsorship |
November 13, 2002 |
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| 103 |
Tell The
Truth: Who ARE You? |
October 30, 2002 |
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| 102 |
Lighten
Up and Smell The Roses |
October 16, 2002 |
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| 101 |
Integrated
Terror-pest Management |
October 2, 2002 |
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| 100 |
Your Choice
Of Zippered Bags |
September 18, 2002 |
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| 99 |
Rally Around The
Pothole |
September 4, 2002 |
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| 98 |
One
Nation, Under God We Trust |
August 7, 2002 |
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| 97 |
Thinking
About Someday Someday |
July 24, 2002 |
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| 96 |
Discovering
Our Backyard Radio |
July 10, 2002 |
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| 95 |
What Would
Tyler Durden Do? |
June 26, 2002 |
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| 94 |
Leadership
That Delivers Lafferty |
May 29, 2002 |
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| 93 |
Googling Across
My Universe |
May 15, 2002 |
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| 92 |
Getting
America Back On Track |
May 1, 2002 |
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| 91 |
Why Not Ride
The Free Way? |
April 17, 2002 |
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| 90 |
More Than
Dust In the Wind |
April 3, 2002 |
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| 89 |
Of Hunger and Appetites |
March 20, 2002 |
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| 88 |
Not
So Quiet on the Western Front |
March 6, 2002 |
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| 87 |
Lafferty and
Justice for All |
February 20, 2002 |
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| 86 |
We are
all of us Ring Bearers |
February 6, 2002 |
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| 85 |
Hiding
Behind the Smoke of 911 |
January 23, 2002 |
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| 84 |
Supes,
Help Us Take the Last Step |
January 9, 2002 |
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COLUMNS FROM 2001 |
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| 83 |
'Twas the
Day After Christmas |
December 26, 2001 |
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| 82 |
Petaluma's
Community Living Room |
December 12, 2001 |
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| 81 |
The Baby's Smile |
November 28, 2001 |
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| 80 |
Wildly
Successful Water Treatment |
November 14, 2001 |
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| 79 |
Save the
Starry Starry Night |
October 31, 2001 |
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| 78 |
Living on
This Summer's Sunshine |
October 17, 2001 |
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| 77 |
A Different Kind
of War |
October 3, 2001 |
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| 76 |
Who Is
Mr. Moynihan Representing? |
September 19, 2001 |
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| 75 |
The
Once-Secret Heart of Petaluma |
September 5, 2001 |
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| 74 |
Between
a Rock and a Wet Place |
August 22, 2001 |
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| 73 |
The
Coastest with the Mostest |
August 8, 2001 |
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| 72 |
Plundering and
Wondering |
July 25, 2001 |
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| 71 |
Traveling Through Time |
July 11, 2001 |
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| 70 |
First
Steps Up Sonoma Mountain |
June 27, 2001 |
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| 69 |
Potholes-
Low Cost Speed Bumps |
June 13, 2001 |
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| 68 |
The
Paradise Ranch Water Filter |
May 30, 2001 |
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| 67 |
Education at
the Grassroots |
May 16, 2001 |
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| 66 |
Learning
the Price of Democracy |
May 2, 2001 |
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| 65 |
Representation
for our Taxation |
April 4, 2001 |
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| 64 |
Some
Questions About Vegetables |
March 21, 2001 |
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| 63 |
When the Cows
Come Home |
March 7, 2001 |
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| 62 |
Welcome
to Lafferty Park, Part 2 |
February 21, 2001 |
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| 61 |
Welcome to
Lafferty Park |
February 7, 2001 |
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| 60 |
Lightening Your Load |
January 24, 2001 |
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| 59 |
The Mask Behind
the Mask |
January 10, 2001 |
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COLUMNS FROM 2000 |
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| 58 |
You
Have Everything to Live For |
December 27, 2000 |
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| 57 |
Beginning a
Dialog on Place |
December 13, 2000 |
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| 56 |
It's
Election-Shock Therapy |
November 29, 2000 |
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| 55 |
We, Too, Can
Move Mountains |
November 15, 2000 |
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| 54 |
Green Signs,
Green Candidates |
November 1, 2000 |
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| 53 |
Having
the Skill and the Will |
October 18, 2000 |
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| 52 |
We Are
Children of the Future |
October 4, 2000 |
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| 51 |
It's Time to Act,
Locals! |
September 20, 2000 |
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| 50 |
A Hubbub
of Dreamers and Doers |
September 6, 2000 |
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| 49 |
The Worst Kind
of Thirst |
August 23, 2000 |
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| 48 |
The New Face
of Imperialism |
August 9, 2000 |
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| 47 |
Bring Home
the Promised Land |
July 26, 2000 |
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| 46 |
Breaking the
Code of Life |
July 12, 2000 |
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| 45 |
Practical
Pedaluma Cycle Therapy |
June 28, 2000 |
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| 44 |
Stop Biting Your
Tongue |
June 14, 2000 |
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| 43 |
How Can We
Keep Them Singing |
May 31, 2000 |
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| 42 |
The Games Children
Play |
May 17, 2000 |
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| 41 |
The Green
Against the Gray |
May 3, 2000 |
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| 40 |
Riding the Waves
of Life |
April 19, 2000 |
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| 39 |
Getting Above
the Undergrowth |
April 5, 2000 |
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| 38 |
Life and
Death and Life Again |
March 22, 2000 |
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| 37 |
Petaluma: A
City on the Edge |
March 8, 2000 |
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| 36 |
The Highwaymen
Came Driving |
February 23, 2000 |
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| 35 |
Talkin' About
Our Generation |
February 9, 2000 |
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| 34 |
The Extreme
Environmentalists |
January 26, 2000 |
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Charting a
Sustainable Course |
January 12, 2000 |
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COLUMNS FROM 1999 |
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| 32 |
Make Your
New Year's Revolution |
December 29, 1999 |
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| 31 |
So
Much More to Be Grateful For |
December 15, 1999 |
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| 30 |
For the Love of Home |
December 1, 1999 |
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| 29 |
Exercising the
Will to Win |
November 17, 1999 |
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| 28 |
The New Nuclear
Nightmare |
November 3, 1999 |
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| 27 |
Show Me the
Community Money! |
October 20, 1999 |
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| 26 |
Life in the Green
Lane |
October 6, 1999 |
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| 25 |
Getting
Them On the Right Path |
September 22, 1999 |
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| 24 |
We're Going for
the Green |
September 22, 1999 |
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| 23 |
Planting
Trees in T-Com Valley |
September 15, 1999 |
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| 22 |
What We Were
Never Told |
September 1, 1999 |
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| 21 |
Too Much of a
Good Thing |
August 18, 1999 |
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| 20 |
Life on the
River Within |
August 4, 1999 |
Pucker up and kiss a sip from the river of life. |
| 19 |
Bigger Is Not
Always Better |
July 21, 1999 |
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| 18 |
It's More than a
Mountaintop |
July 7, 1999 |
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| 17 |
TeeVee or Not TeeVee |
June 23, 1999 |
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| 16 |
Another Look at
Star Wars |
June 9, 1999 |
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| 15 |
Wishful
Thinking For Petaluma |
June 2, 1999 |
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| 14 |
A Journey
From Yard to Garden |
May 19, 1999 |
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| 13 |
How Will The Story
End? |
May 5, 1999 |
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| 12 |
Who Owns the Land? |
April 21, 1999 |
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| 11 |
Upstream
Downstream in Yugoslavia |
April 7, 1999 |
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| 10 |
Opening Up The
Open Space |
March 24, 1999 |
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| 9 |
Special
Interests: Talking or Swearing? |
March 10, 1999 |
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| 8 |
Let the
Arts Blossom in Petaluma |
February 24, 1999 |
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| 7 |
Y2k: The
Technology Earthquake |
February 10, 1999 |
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| 6 |
Are We Flying or
Falling? |
January 29, 1999 |
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| 5 |
Freeze in the Dark |
January 15, 1999 |
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| 4 |
Lafferty
Investment is Priceless |
January 8, 1999 |
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| 3 |
The Cost of Lafferty |
January 1, 1999 |
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COLUMNS FROM 1998 |
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The Flight of Phoenix |
December 18, 1998 |
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Labels
and Changes in the 'Hood |
December 4, 1998 |
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