To get paid in full, people like Tesoro would have had to take him to court, an expensive, risky, and hassle-inducing prospect.
Category Archives: Places
Who’s Crossing California’s Borders?
The state attracts a steady stream of college graduates, especially from the East Coast, even as many less-educated residents move to neighboring states — and to Texas — in search of a lower cost of living.
Don’t Worry – Earth Will Be Fine
If you’re concerned about our Mother Earth, don’t be. The planet we inhabit will be just fine. A few thousand years after humankind is gone, Earth will have recovered from the damage done during the very brief time it suffered human infestation. The reign of people will be just a tiny blip on the planet’s […]
Allen Allensworth and Allensworth California
Allen Allensworth was looking for a place to establish a town outside the Jim Crow South, a town where African Americans could own property and pursue their economic potential. Allensworth was born into slavery in 1842. While still a youth he was punished for learning to read and write, illegal for those in his situation. […]
How Do You Know Where You Are?
Studies have demonstrated that users of paper maps have greater geographical skill than those who don’t.
Is Vancouver Wash Sending Its Best Across the Border?
Three decades ago – maybe four – in the waning days of music on AM radio, the era of morning drive-time disc-jockey teams supposedly being light-hearted and humorous, a pair of funny guys on one Portland station had a running gag, blaming incompetent Washington drivers for any traffic problems. Now in 2019, a study by […]