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The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, only 33 percent of adults in the United States say they are “extremely proud” to be an American, the lowest reading in Gallup’s polling history. Only 20 percent say they are “very proud,” according to the latest poll on the subject. Another 22 percent say they are “moderately proud,” 15 percent say they are “only a little proud” and…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Biologists sometimes talk about the cycles of life. Communications scholars occasionally debate aspects of the “news cycle.” Life appears to move in circles, like the rotating planet Earth itself. Such it is with each individual life. In recent times, with all the crazy chaos upending this fast…
Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – California has the highest average gas prices in the nation, at $6.15 a gallon, where prices tend to be higher due to a combination of state taxes and fees, environmental regulations and special fuel blends. Of all the U.S. states, it was…
But this 21st Century Hell is Not for Me – Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – The Old West is full of great stories, famous the world over. Some are based on a bit of truth; others seem made up out of whole cloth. The Shootout at the…
Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – “I am haunted by waters,” author Norman Maclean wrote in the conclusion to his memoir A River Runs Through It. It is a line that will be familiar to anyone who watched the movie produced and directed by Robert Redford about hard…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seventy percent of Americans oppose the construction of data centers for Artificial Intelligence in their local area, according to recent Gallup polls, and 48 percent say they are strongly opposed. Barely a quarter of those surveyed said they favor these projects, with only 7 percent who say they are…
By Art Inverness – Staff Writer – COULTERVILLE, Calif. — In the American West, water has long been scarce. What’s new is the price. Across California, Arizona, Nevada and beyond, a collision of drought, climate change and aging infrastructure is driving water bills sharply upward — pushing some of the region’s most vulnerable residents, particularly…
By Katie DeBenedetti For KQED Elon Musk has been found liable for attempting to drive down Twitter’s stock price ahead of his $44 billion takeover of the company four years ago, a federal jury in San Francisco decided Friday. Attorneys said the world’s wealthiest person will owe an estimated $2.1 billion in damages to former…
As Well as Theft of Text and Data to Train Artificial Intelligence Bots – Sundar Pichai Alphabet-Google 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 To whom it may concern: Now that a federal judge has ruled you guilty of engaging in monopolistic corporate practices in regards to search and online advertising, we wonder if you…
Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – When you hear in the gossip winds around here about a party featuring a band called Nashville Honeymoon, you might think the Sierra mountain foothills are about to come alive with the sounds of Nashville country music. Especially when you find out…
Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – When I saw the news that CNN’s creator Ted Turner died the other day, I knew I would soon find time to write about him. He was one of the most iconic figures of our generation, and based in the Capital of…
Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – People have been naming vehicles, animals and storms for a very long time. Dating back at least 15,000 years to the Mesolithic Age, perhaps, when the oldest known boat on the planet was named the “Pesse Canoe” after it was discovered in…
