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Open Mic: White Supremacy Must Be Dismantled
By Dmitra Smith
January 6, 2021, will go down in the annals of history as a day of terror, violence...
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Open Mic: Question Reality
Recalling a recent headline from The Washington Post, “Armed protesters alleging voter fraud surrounded the home of Michigan’s Secretary...
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Open Mic: Last Grab
“You’re fired!” were the final words from the Donald's mouth as he dismissed the contestants of his game show,...
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Open Mic: Tax Talk Continues
By Joseph Brooke
I read with interest the position offered by Mr. Burnett on the “need” to revise Prop. 13...
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Open Mic: Prop Problems
By Iain Burnett
Proposition 13, passed in 1978, is eating California alive.
Economists argue that property taxes are the only moral...
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Bedford Falls Revisited
Bedford Falls is the fictional, idyllic town that the beloved Christmas movie, It’s A Wonderful Life, is set in....
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Marin County Free Library Solves a 48-Year Mystery
Stephanie Hartwell-Mandella was taken aback recently when she was checking messages on behalf of the Marin County Free Library’s Corte Madera...
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Open Mic: Some Poems Are Bad
"Some Poems Are Bad" by Saundra Rae Davies
This poem is bad
It’s not sad
Cause...
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Open Mic: Sorry Siri
Siri, who some call Alexa, is the robotic lady who lives in my phone. She professes to have the...