The Thanksgiving Issue -- November 2005

The Thanksgiving Issue tackled the thorny matter of “The Mythical State of Jefferson,” a land where supposedly we all live, here in Southern Oregon and Northern California. It turns out the antecedents for this myth are anything but democratic, and the flag of the “Mythical State of Jefferson” is actually a crypto-Confederate symbol. An article that was strangely prescient, “Sunset on Domestic Spying” examined the current regime's intellectually bankrupt justifications for shredding the Fourth Amendment as a troublesome impediment to our national system of thought-control. Although the article didn't forecast it, obstacles in Congress to renewal of the Patriot Act arose after its publication. Probably the most popular piece in The Thanksgiving Issue has been the biography of Che Guevara, “The Revolution Will Not Be Capitalized.” There are many moving photos of the Great Guerilla in the PDF version that you will want to see. Finally, for connoisseurs of cult religious drama, “Born In Tibet, Again,” gives readers the straight dope on what ever happened to that wild Tibetan guru, Chogyam Trungpa, after he died. A hard-hitting issue that many have enjoyed as a wicked treat.