Bill Ayers, the terrorist with whom President-elect Barack Obama liked to “pal around”—at least according to my favorite GOP spitfire, former Vice Presidential Candidate and Alaska Governor… Read more “Bill Ayers’ talk at St. Mary’s is sparking protest”

Just as I thought, Johannes Mehserle, the former BART police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man on the platform at Oakland’s Fruitvale BART station was arrested… Read more “Former BART officer in New Year’s Day shooting arrested on murder charges”

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how what’s referred to as the “Walnut Creek School District” provides the setting for a pivotal scene in Milk, the… Read more “Proof! Yes, Harvey Milk came to WC and debated at Northgate High”

Sorry, that this and my previous posts deal with very bad news, but it seems that a fair number of people are having a rough time entering… Read more “Another marital break-up apparently leads to suicide, this one in a local school yard”

Okay, so I’ve got my usual Monday morning blahs, and it didn’t help to log on first thing this morning to Claycord.com, and read about the murder/suicide… Read more “Monday, Monday: How are you feeling about the recession, the future of the country, life in general?”

Yes, I do, especially after reading this portrait of him in the San Francisco Chronicle. Until videos hit the national airwaves of him fatally shooting an unarmed… Read more “Do you feel sorry for the BART shooting officer? I’m sorry but I do”

At the height of his career, Dan Reed, a former reporter for the West County Times in Richmond, the Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and San Jose… Read more “The Death of Journalism”

The San Francisco Chronicle says that about 100 demonstrators are gathered tonight in downtown Oakland, protesting the fatal shooting by a BART police officer of an unarmed… Read more “Not again: Protesters gathering in Oakland again tonight”

I arrived back at work from a long holiday vacation, which employees at our company had to take to save costs, though, fortunately for us, it was… Read more “2009. A New Year. Yippee?”

First, I apologize for this long post, but there was so much material on its subject, William James Haynes II. He is the new chief corporate counsel… Read more “Is Chevron living up to its stated support for human rights by hiring a former Pentagon lawyer allegedly linked to abusive treatment of US detainees?”