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Good Karma and an Orange Sno-Cat
“When we started getting calls from several families that were in trouble, we didn’t think twice.” As she put it, “we know they would be there for us too, and living up here we all need each other occasionally.”
Why Does the First of the Ten Commandments Say to "Worship God Only"?
“Review the very first of the Ten Commandments, ‘Worship no other gods but Me.’”
A Citizen’s Guide to Accessing Public Records
Submitting a PRA request is simple. You do not need a law degree to request access to public records.
Should We Expand the Supreme Court?
“Justice too long delayed is justice denied,” according to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Why Should We Keep Nine Justices on the Supreme Court?
A national effort is underway for an amendment that simply states “The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine justices”.
FPPC Investigating Nevada County’s Measure V Mailers
According to the FPPC, Nevada County is being investigated for sending mass mailers to voters using taxpayer dollars (Case No. 2023-00162).
The Supreme Court’s Insertion in Politics: Dred Scott
In arguably one of the most controversial opinions of the United States Supreme Court, Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney’s opinion in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) contributed to the Panic of 1857 and defined the debates of the Illinois senate race in 1858 between Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln.
Nevada County Board of Education: January 2023
Four of the five members of the Nevada County Board of Education met in January 2023. Susan Clarabut, vice president, led the meeting.
How Radical was Mary Wollstonecraft’s Political Theory?
Wollstonecraft expresses frustration regarding how these noble thinkers could be so blind to what she considered to be their blatant and obtuse hypocritical reasoning.
Clear Creek School District: January 2023
There was a motion to approve a new administrative regulation that would include a law requiring schools to install a menstrual products machine in at least one boy’s bathroom.
Pleasant Ridge Union School District: January 2023
The Board unanimously approved 23 updated Board policies, administrative regulations, and exhibits.
Why Do We Have Two Pasty Restaurants in Grass Valley?
Being observant, I inquired of my friend as to why there are no pasty restaurants in the old mining town of Nevada City just a few miles away.
The Origins of WWI
Beginning in the mid-19th century, aggressive German military expansion and aggressive, ill-conceived foreign policy created tension and fear among the neighboring European nations. As a result of the personalities of the leaders of these nations and the entangled military and economic alliances among the same countries, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand became the first domino in a series of events which culminated in “the war to end all wars.”