"The Spirit of the Clay"

     I happened to be reading Everyday Sacred by Sue Bender when Sandra asked me to write something for Information Press about my business. Bender’s book helps me remember the magic of clay. For 13 years I have owned Anam Cre...Read More >>

The SLO Blues Society welcomes John Lee Hooker, Jr. on Saturday, January 28 to the SLO Vets Hall.
The show starts at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $17 for members and $20 for the general public. Buy a membership for $10 at the door and get $3 off admission for a...Read More >>

Boys, girls and women are in the news again as victims of sexual harassment and abuse.  Young boys, we don’t know how many, at least 12 women college volleyball players, and at least four women employees have been taken advantage of in direct, physical ways.

Football at Penn State will never...Read More >>

Throughout history, Christianity has been co-opted by murderous political regimes: The Romans, the witch-burners, the KKK, the Nazis. The power of the pulpit is irresistible to the tyrant and the opportunist politician. As Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1814, "In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty....Read More >>

Free Enterprise, Socialism, Capitalism, Regulation, and an 80-percent Average Top Marginal Tax Rate

In spite of much fevered insistence that things must be All One Way – unregulated, laissez-faire, free-market capitalism - or All The Other Way – full-blown Leninist-Stalinist communism – there is, in fact, a THIRD option. This might...Read More >>

Burning eyes, headachy, short tempered, restless, listless, and poor concentration are symptoms we all experience. No infections are apparent, no diseases, no syndromes, yet the symptoms persist. In modern language we might say these symptoms are the result of too much stress. I will share another simple yet profound view towards...Read More >>

After more than two years of hard work and preparation, the SLO Noor Foundation Free Clinic is open for business, and doctors are seeing patients eight hours per week on Fridays and Saturdays. A majority of the free clinic’s patients are Caucasian middle-class and small business owners who are employed but...Read More >>

wonderful whole body tonic

Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeyanicum) is the perfect winter spice to add flavor and medicinal benefits for many holiday foods and drinks. Native to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), true cinnamon, (C zeylanicum), dates back in Chinese writings to 2800 B.C. Its botanical name derives from the Hebraic and Arabic...Read More >>