Issues / 2000 / Jul 27
From The Editorial Desk
If you're a Californian planning to visit Big Sky country in the near future, you might want to change your license plates before driving across the border. Writer Brett Wilbur, who's spending some time in ...
A local organization works with businesses and schools to reduce discrimination in all its forms.
bias busters When Alberto Cornejo moved to Greenfield from Mexico City in the 4th grade, he was ahead of his peers in math and was quick to pick up English. But that didn''t stop his ...
Moments In Time
Street Talk Older folks have seen events that the young may understand only as entertainment. But what would Leonardo DiCaprio be without the actual Titanic, or Mel Gibson without the American Revolution? Here are a ...
Summer fog dampens a Big Sur resident's ardor for her outdoor kitchen.
This has to be the world''s most inefficient kitchen, I grumble to myself, trudging down the fog-clad hill in my robe to fetch half-and-half for coffee. The green refrigerator sits outside on the back deck ...
Alison Maclean's Jesus' Son follows an addict's trek to find the healing qualities of pain.
In the world of junkies, a land of molten time and single-minded purpose, what kind of utter screwup must a person be in order to have earned the sobriquet "Fuckhead" from one''s peers? That''s the ...
Next, a Bid to Host the Olympics
Don''t miss the grave discussion taking place tonight in Seaside, where Councilmember Darryl Choates (armed with a PowerPoint presentation, I understand) holds a roundtable meeting of the minds at city hall. The topic of discussion? ...
Say bienvenue to Crepe Escape, the funnest fast feast around.
Finally, someone has stepped outside the dreary status quo to beat the crepe out of the competition, winning the tastebuds of casual diners on the Monterey Peninsula. Inspired by the creperies that exist in so ...
Novelist John Steinbeck's real genius was communicating the significance in the lives of the common people.
In a world accustomed to larger-than-life heroes, John Steinbeck created heroes out of the common man and woman. Tom Joad in Grapes of Wrath wasn''t fighting to change the world, he was trying to make ...
Your Letters
Next: Black Helicopters Thank you Jan Matthews of Big Sur for your inspiring letter ("Your Letters," 7/13-19) on totalitarianism. The New World Order elite have already accomplished their goal of a one-world totalitarianism. Our Constitution ...
Mexico's version of the wok is a used agricultural disc that yields spectacular flavors.
Cooking in a used tractor disc? It''s not a farmer''s prank. This practice, commonly called "discada" (Spanish for cooking in an agricultural disk or disco) is a culinary secret from Mexico. Just hearing the name ...
Lovers & Strangers make their last stand.
rock In recent history, say about 10 to 15 years ago, there was a boom of popular local groups who changed the shape and face of Monterey''s popular scenes. The effect of this music still ...
Nader's Raiders march down the Green highway to take America back from 'Tweedledum' and 'Tweedledumber.'
voting rites It may not be a sleeper of a presidential election year after all. In a somewhat peculiar symbiosis, consumer advocate Ralph Nader and a burgeoning Green Party have solidified what they hope will ...
