Author Archives: Kit Stolz

Heroic Steelhead Climbs Notoriously Difficult Fish Ladder, Survives

True story, written for the Ventura County Star yesterday by me…find it here. And here's a pic of the heroic fish. Almost asked the biologist, Steve Howard, who is holding the 28-inch fish, if they thought of giving him a name…but that would be too cute. Gotta be a hardened journo.

What We Pray to Ourselves For Is Always Granted

Today's it's a cliche to say: Be Careful What You Pray For; in fact (in the movies at least) you can see God Himself explaining the concept. But 150 years ago, one of this nation's greatest writers formulated a similar thought with far more care and thoughtfulness. Wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson (in The Conduct ofContinue reading “What We Pray to Ourselves For Is Always Granted”

How Free-Lancers Can Get Unemployment Benefits

A couple of weeks ago the LA Times ran a guide for unemployment benefits in its business section (which is available here). To offer such guidance is a great idea. Every news publication that wants to be useful to its readership should be so helpful in these days of soaring unemployment. Unfortunately, the piece wasContinue reading “How Free-Lancers Can Get Unemployment Benefits”

Arctic Ice-Free in Summer of 2013?

According to a Canadian expert who has spent the last ten summers on a remote island in the once-frozen north with his research team, the Arctic could be ice-free by the summer of 2013: OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Arctic is warming up so quickly that the region's sea ice cover in summer could vanish asContinue reading “Arctic Ice-Free in Summer of 2013?”

Horton Foote, Rest in Peace

One of the greatest of modern American writers, Horton Foote, died yesterday after a long and lovely life. Foote may be most famous for his screenplay adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird," among many other great works, but many of his fans like best of all his story of a spiritual journey an old womanContinue reading “Horton Foote, Rest in Peace”

Limbaugh: The False Prophet

Talked yesterday with an old friend who called, drunk, asking for help. David Yachimowicz once was Rush Limbaugh's biggest fan. Asked him if he still listened to the man. He said no — but that's because he no longer has a radio. He's living on disability, at a Salvation Army. A small detail, but itContinue reading “Limbaugh: The False Prophet”

Rush Limbaugh Mistakes Himself for God

A "joke" Limbaugh told in his weekend speech to the Conservative Political Action Caucus to show that he's not pompous or arrogant: Larry King passed away, goes to heaven. He's greeted by Saint Peter at the gates. Saint Peter says, "Welcome, Mr. King, it's great to have you here. I want to show you around,Continue reading “Rush Limbaugh Mistakes Himself for God”