Mothers and Allies Challenge Wine Industrialist
Half a dozen mothers from small town and rural Sebastopol in Northern California quickly rallied hundreds of people to their side to challenge Sonoma County’s Paul Hobbs Winery. He wants to convert a 40-acre More...
One Billion Rising-San Francisco’s North Bay
Dancers Suzette Burrous and AnnMarie Ginella by photographer is Dean Lacoe, Groups of dancers in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as elsewhere around the planet, have been rehearsing and engaging in public Flash More...
The Corporatization of Public Higher Education: The Case of Sonoma State University
The new Center for Ethics, Law, and Society at Sonoma State University in Northern California has caused quite a stir among our academic community during the first week of classes, as well as from those More...
Small Town Sebastopol Sued by Giant CVS Pharmacy- Classic David vs. Goliath Story Continues
On Christmas Eve, when most were at home with family and friends or out-of-town, a summons was served at the Sebastopol City Hall. The giant CVS Pharmacy sued the City and its elected officials. Sebastopol’s More...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or “Moral Injury”?
“My God, what have we done?” combat soldiers sometimes gasp as they see those they or comrades just killed, especially when they include innocent children, women, and other civilians. “We knew that we killed More...
Veterans Explore “Moral Injury”
Our Veterans Writing Group met the morning after Pearl Harbor Day for our regular winter gathering, as we have convened seasonally for twenty years. Two dozen of us came from throughout Northern California More...
Free Speech & Leadership at Sonoma State University: Practice What You Teach!
By Shepherd Bliss The creation of the Mario Savio Speakers’ Corner this semester was my favorite event during my five years at Sonoma State University. It was a good example of what is taught in SSU’s More...
Bloggers for Movember
A few years back, I was invited to join the Movember Digital Challenge – led by Canadian social media maverick Sean Moffitt, and Movember co-founder Adam Garone – as the Montreal chapter’s captain. Our mission More...
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