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“The more things change, the more they stay the same” is a common translation of an epigram by Jean-Baptiste Alphonse…

To quote Charles Dickens, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age…

Last month, we explored the curious money/water/maintenance shortage that affected the Santa Rosa Recreation and Parks Department toward the end…

Let’s say you’re in downtown Santa Rosa, waiting for the start of the city council’s regular Tuesday meeting. You walk…

I hold a cemetery manager license, number CEM 140, issued by the State of California. Does it matter? Well, state…

Yin and yang is an interesting philosophy that posits the coexistence of opposites, with yin representing passive-dark-cold-wet and yang representing…

Do you remember Garry Trudeau’s “Doonesbury” comic strip in the 1970s, during the Watergate hearings? One strip showed hearing Chairman…

I recommend a book titled The Vision of the Anointed by Dr. Thomas Sowell. In it, Sowell writes, “The focus…

Thirty-six years ago, my wife and I decided to build a new home—specifically, a home with all sorts of super-energy-efficient…

In my last three columns, I’ve explored the public employee pension crisis and the lack of effective action to deal…