POSTED // Oct 22,2008 - Curses, Foiled AgainnIn debt for drugs he bought, Jahnathan Antonio Cox, 20, offered to pay the money owed and buy more drugs, but then hired Curtis Pounds Jr., 20, to rob him and dealer Samson Elijah Kaleioka Kapana, 23, of both the cash and drugs, which Cox and Pounds would then split. Antioch, Calif., police Lt. Leonard Orman told the Contra Costa Times that Pounds showed up at the arranged mee...

POSTED // Oct 22,2008 - nARIES (March 21-April 19)nOur government spends an obscene fortune on its armed forces—almost as much as do all the other nations of the world combined. In fact, we are by far the most weaponized empire in the history of the world, with 761 military bases in over 100 countries. If our military costs were cut down to a more reasonable size—say the same as China’s—we’d...

POSTED // Oct 22,2008 - Dear Mexican: One of our Arizona politicians once said on the PBS show Horizonte that the “crime” of being undocumented in this country is equivalent legally to that of a parking ticket. Do you know where I can verify this statement? So often in the argument over immigration the bottom line for those who are anti-immigrant is that there must be no tolerance for “criminals.”...

POSTED // Oct 22,2008 - Never mind the current demand for the stuff—what becomes of the void oil drilling creates? If we pump out millions of barrels per day, we can’t very well leave giant empty caverns, can we? Is the planet on the verge of caving in or what? —Dan, Long Island nnCaving in? Please, let’s not panic. The fundamentals of our planet are strong. Besides, we’re talking about a li...

POSTED // Dec 26,2007 - ARIES (March 21-April 19) When the Red Hot Chili Peppers released their fifth album Blood Sugar Sex Magick in 1991, it blasted them into rock stardom. They stopped performing at intimate nightclubs and appeared exclusively at large arenas. They won a...

POSTED // Dec 26,2007 - Curses, Foiled Again Convicted tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown bolted from their federal trial in Concord. N.H., and holed up in their fortress-like home for nearly 10 months, threatening a violent end to any attempt to remove them. “We either walk...

POSTED // Dec 26,2007 - Apologize for the shortened column this week, but there are tamales to make… Dear Readers: Gracias, thank you, gracias for another successful year. The Mexican now appears in 32 newspapers across the country, with a weekly circulation of just over...

POSTED // Dec 26,2007 - Here’s one that’s making the rounds: “Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ears by 700 times.” What’s the dope? —Paul Spadoni If antibiotics, antibacterial soap, and chlorinated water...

POSTED // Dec 12,2007 - ARIES (March 21-April 19) “Everything absolute belongs to pathology. Joyous distrust is a sign of health.” So proclaimed Friedrich Nietzsche. Note well that he used the adjective “joyous” to describe distrust, not “cynical”...

POSTED // Dec 12,2007 - Curses, Foiled Again After Malaysian police stopped Aw Cheng Fatt at a checkpoint in Kuala Lumpur, he offered an officer $15 to avoid a breath analyzer test. The Star reported the officer administered the test, which Aw passed, but then arrested him for...