Columns & Opinion

‘Hot Dog,’ a Winning Tale of Aroma

I haven’t had a hot dog in years. I don’t think I mind them or anything, but I grew to know them not as sausage and bread but as a stench. My dad used to make them as a last-resort meal whenever it suited him, and without fail, he would...

Postcards From George Shult: Artist Sends Art With...

Free Will Astrology, July 15-21

Your Letters, July 15

In 2025 alone, the Russian River Keepers—self-styled protectors of the river—pulled roughly half a million pounds of trash from its waters, a volume that has grown, year over year, for the past five years.

Russian Riverkeeper’s Don McEnhill

Jul 7, 2026

Named Ashokawna—“the water to the east”—by the Southern Pomo. Slavyanka, “slavic woman,” by the Russian Colony. “Saint Ignatius” and...

Your Letters, July 8

Jul 7, 2026

War Prophet-eer Sorry to break the news; wars have always been with us and always will. War is big business,...

Markwayne Mullin, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, made clear that ICE will be present at World Cup venues

For the Win, Another Kind of Victory

Jul 7, 2026

Who would have imagined that an international sporting event would be the next battleground in the fight against authoritarian...

Free Will Astrology, July 8-14

Jul 7, 2026

ARIES (March 21-April 19): There are only two types of humans, right? Some of us serve beauty, truth and...

$Unless one counts the “Ultimate Fighting Championship Freedom 250” fracas on the White House lawn as the pinnacle of civic celebration, one might conclude that the federal government has phoned in the nation’s semiquincentennial celebration.$