America: A heavily medicated nation
by Dan Lucas Several years ago I ran for state representative in a deep blue suburb of Portland. At the time, I had a very naïve view of politics and didn’t understand the significance of voter...
View ArticleAfter legalization, marijuana easier to come by than water, say high schoolers
by Colin Cortbus An explicit student-produced online documentary depicts a rampant culture of illicit drug taking by students at a top Portland public school, just months after recreational marijuana...
View ArticleSaving Bend
Right From the Start We were in Bend last weekend. We love being in Bend. What’s not to like? The setting reminds us of Whitefish, Montana, where we were married forty plus years ago. Few places can...
View ArticleLoaves and Fishes
We attend a small Catholic church where the pastor is one of those rare people who can hold your attention during the homily because he has given serious thought to the subject matter and its...
View ArticleThe Portland City Commission Will Never Be Able to Clean Up Portland
I don’t read The Oregonian. I dropped my subscription over a decade ago and I usually don’t read it even if there is an abandoned copy lying around a restaurant or waiting room. I don’t read it...
View ArticleVaping: The Idiots’ Guide to More Tax Revenue
This past weekend the major news outlets (network, cable and print) carried story after story arising out of the same events – the death of five people that are connected to inhaling chemicals from...
View ArticleStopping the Spread of the Virus
Last week New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio (D/da) issued yet another edict setting up check points to force people arriving from certain suspect states to either turn back or quarantine in place for...
View ArticleWHEN YOU LEAVE, LEAVE YOUR STUPID BEHIND
Several years ago I wrote that the accumulation of wealth gives you mobility. It is a concept that Oregon’s dominant liberal/progressive political class has consistently failed to understand or...
View ArticleCalifornia voters: What were they thinking?
On Tuesday, June 7, 2022, the voters of San Francisco area ousted Chesa Boudin, District Attorney for San Francisco by a vote of approximately sixty percent to forty percent – a good old fashion...
View ArticleDealing with Homelessness
One of our friends in Arizona was having a bird problem. Arizona itself is a bird paradise with over 500 species. The problem seemed to be that all but a half dozen of the birds showed up at his house...
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