“The sick thrill of antisemitism has a price: the surrender of reason, and, with it, of conscience.” - David Mamet

The immediate change in the organization of labor from slave to free after the Civil War rippled through every facet of American economic, political, and social life from North to South and from East to West. It is this very scope and period of reorganization of American institutions about which Eric Foner writes in his book, Reconstruction Updated Edition: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-18. Foner explores the period of Reconstruction from almost every angle and provides the reader with a fundamental understanding of the successes and failures of Reconstruction.

The final form of the revisions to the Articles, which resulted in an entirely new Constitution, was a surprise to the states and the populous of the nation. The reason that the new Constitution was a revelation is because the delegates made certain that their deliberations would remain secret.

In order to understand the recent events in Israel and Gaza, it is necessary to look back to the historical facts that created this terrible humanitarian crisis which affects innocent civilians on both sides.

“I urge state lawmakers to take action to stop predatory actors from targeting small businesses with frivolous ADA lawsuits.”

The California state budget nearly equals the federal budget for the entire country of Russia. Over the past 25 years, the budget for Nevada County has nearly quadrupled in size, exploding to about $368,000,000 annually. With this exorbitant amount of money, has Nevada County solved the homeless problem? Affordable housing? Reduced crimes against the people? Hardly. Indeed, the homeless problem is worse, there is no affordable housing in Nevada County, and our community is less safe now than 25 years ago.

Dr. Prasad, “The new fall booster received full FDA approval this week (no longer just EUA). There are no data that it provides a net benefit to anyone, and this may be especially doubted for young, healthy people, and those who had COVID. Very likely there is a net harm to some of these groups, as there was for prior boosters.”

From the fall of Rome to the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the history of the early American period, the historical interpretation of these events or periods tend to evolve over time.

Since Aquinas through the present day, Aristotle’s Ethics has survived the test of time and continues to be deeply influential in the field of ethics.

How we react to the situation can either relieve all that pressure or make it explode.

The first debate of Republican candidates for the Presidential nomination is behind us.

The recent downgrade of U.S. credit is just one more indicator that we are not moving in the right direction.

To understand why my feelings about abortion are so nebulous and complex, I will offer three very personal stories.

According to public records received from the Nevada County Auditor's office, five local media outlets received, at a minimum, $150,000 in 2022 from the County of Nevada for advertising and other purposes. There are other local media companies that likely received funding from the County but were not included in this public records request.

Unaccounted time for 16 staff working on Measure V related tasks can only be estimated. A conservative estimate for the cost of putting Measure V on the ballot might be between $400,000-$500,000, all from the General Fund and not in the Adopted Budget so the public would be aware.

People in our local community are looking for real solutions to problems that don’t involve the local government. Our local government spends over one-third of $1 billion a year and has not solved any of our local problems. The idea of liberty as espoused by Robert Kennedy Jr. offers us a real solution for our local community as a whole.

With so many bills in the legislature seeking to strip boards of local control, it is more important than ever to choose our candidates wisely.

If our education system leaders and teachers are taught to see all things through the lens of equity, what belief system will be inculcated in their students?