Oregon consumers reported losing $32,077,498 to scams last year The Federal Trade Commission received 25,951 fraud reports from consumers in Oregon in 2020, according to newly released data. Oregon consumers reported losing a total of $32,077,498 to fraud, with a median loss of $300. The FTC’s Consumer Sentinel Network is a database that receives reports […]
The word “discernment” has a basic definition which is the ability to judge well, a refinement, cultivation, and sophistication. There is also a Christian definition which discernment in that sense is “perception in the absence of judgment with a view to obtaining spiritual direction and understanding”. In these trying times it is important to use […]
For spectators, it may be the most entertaining tradition in the U.S. Senate. The members either pretend to hate it or actually do, but the stories that come out of vote-a-ramas are legendary. Quirky and humanizing, the political all-nighters are painful for both parties, but they always seem to produce funny anecdotes like back-room poker […]
Perhaps the most sinister and dangerous lie the left has beaten into the brains of unthinking Americans is that there is strength in diversity. Nothing could be further from the truth. Diversity, as the first syllable in the word implies, divides. It does not unify. It fractures, debilitates, and diffuses. Energy that could be harnessed […]
Five Monthly Markets Bring Locally Grown Food and Artisan Goods to NE Portland Neighborhoods; COVID Safety Measures Are In Place For its 2021 summer season, Rocky Butte Farmers Market will host five monthly markets providing access to affordable, seasonal, and locally grown foods and artisan products in Northeast Portland’s historically underserved Madison South, Roseway, and […]
Filbert the beaver has made his forecast; Northwest hunkers down for six more weeks Sure, Punxsutawney Phil may be calling for six more weeks of winter, but more importantly for local residents, so is Stumptown Fil — aka Oregon Zoo resident Filbert the beaver. “Groundhogs like Punxsutawney Phil are fine for their part of the […]
We wake up to a Country gone mad…to a World gone mad…just like it has been for the past several years. Those who follow Bible Prophecy are not surprised. Indeed, we Believers—Believers that Jesus Christ was the Son of God who died for our sins and rose again—we consider it par for the course. The […]
Let me start by saying that I believe Donald Trump won the 2020 Presidential Election, only to have it stolen from him by the usual suspects I so well remember from my days living in Chicago: the Democrat Party. There was so much evidence of malfeasance, from statistical evidence, to mysterious dumps of results for […]
Some frown on it and park benches hate it, but chewing gum has many surprising benefits Amid 40+ years in politics and public policy, I sometimes enjoy forays into other topics, like natural and artificial coral reefs, scuba diving, and medical and scientific advances over the centuries. As a regular user, I’ve enjoyed the pop […]
There were two things that the Framers understood to be abundantly clear. One, the United States would necessarily be a nation comprised of individuals. And two, those individuals, no matter how strong in their beliefs, had to respect each other through the embrace of compromise. Today, the Marxist-Progressives of the Left are extending a call […]