Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is issuing a new warning about student loan scams. Unfortunately, scams are popping up in the aftermath of the exciting recent changes to federal student loan programs, like the White House’s recent announcement on loan forgiveness, the federal student loan payment pause that ends December 31, 2022, and the limited […]
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory The collective “power dynamics” of staff failed in it’s bombastic undertaking to topple Commissioner Mark Shull. At conception, the process to get rid of him seemed flawless. Department heads of the County, with the aid of luminaries from the governing class around Oregon, non-profit organizations and the media, […]
Some of my favorite childhood memories were the road trips my parents and I took from California to Arizona, every summer, to visit family. These were the days before President Eisenhower’s Interstate Highway System was created, so motor travel was conducted on “two-way” county roadways, some better maintained than others. Once the games of “what […]
Conservation partners help bring attention to sea otters and their critical role PORTLAND, Ore. — Otter lovers, take note! The Oregon Zoo is celebrating Sea Otter Awareness Week this week, with activities aimed at showcasing these playful marine mammals and highlighting their critical role in the North Pacific ecosystem. At 12:45 p.m. each day, guests can stop […]
Oregon soon will have a new governor and a new state legislature. Fresh leadership provides opportunities to respond to parents’ demand for expanded choices in K-12 education. During the past three school years, parents have taken a hard look at their district schools. Increasingly, parents don’t believe one-size-fits-all public schools work for their children, and […]
Laser-Light Spectacular Caps Event Recognizing First Responders There were several clear similarities between the Happy Valley’s 2022 National Night Out, held August 2nd at Happy Valley Park, and the 2021 event at the same location. It was a beautiful summer evening; the heat dome of the week before was replaced by a temperate onshore flow. […]
Read his position on why he won’t be taking the bivalent “booster”. CDC’s data suggests he might be in a group of people who could be in trouble. Let’s hope not. According to MedPage Today, Dr. Paul Offit of Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, a well-known vaccine zealot and well-known apologist for aluminum toxicity against evidence, […]
SAT introduces theater season with madcap farce SANDY—Sandy Actors Theatre opens its latest production, Neil Simon’s Rumors, September 23, directed by Patrick Roth and performed by an unusually large cast for SAT. Rumors has been a popular presentation for local theaters since it opened on Broadway in 1988 at the Broadhurst Theatre, under the direction […]
If you have followed my commentaries over the last six years, you are well aware of the climate scam. But most Americans are not. True, they seem to realize that “Global Warming” has little basis in fact. Only one percent believe that we are facing a climate catastrophe, while only three percent of the young […]
Our last study opened the 12th chapter of Romans: “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove […]