Just over a year ago the Portland City Council cut millions from the police bureau, eliminating 84 positions. Prior to April 2021, 115 police officers left the bureau to either retire early or work in a different city, leaving 129 vacancies. Those absences are being felt across the Metro area. Portland police responded to 14 […]
When the phone rang, it was every father’s worst nightmare. Come to campus, a school official said, your daughter has been assaulted. No one told Scott Smith that she had been sexually assaulted — that a boy wearing a skirt had walked into the girls’ restroom and raped his 15-year-old child. Then, imagine your anger […]
On October 24, 1861, workers completed construction of the link connecting eastern and western telegraph networks of the nation at Salt Lake City, Utah, completing a transcontinental line that for the first time allowed instantaneous communication between Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, and effectively put an end to the Pony Express. The idea behind the […]
These are the times that try men’s souls – not a quote from me, although the wisdom of it for this day is definitely present. It would seem that COVID-19 has been reckoned with successfully. Yet the fear factor is being played to the hilt. I am of the polio generation, standing in a huge […]
“Autumn…the year’s last, loveliest smile.”— William Cullen Bryant I’m looking out my kitchen window at Mt. Hood on the day before the first day of autumn and see no indication of any change of color in the trees. I imagine by the time you read this, there will be a riot of color as the […]
Remember mandates are not laws. Anything that goes against the constitution of the United States, and or Laws on Record do not supersede the law. For example, an official such as a Mayor or Governor can mandate that all people who where blue on Monday’s be enslaved. That mandate is illegal, absurd, and against the […]
Let’s Get Down to the Basics Believe it or not, this is not a political post. It’s not an attempt to draw people into the Libertarian Party. It’s a reflection of what I see has happened and is happening. At the very least, it will make you think. In most states in the US, when […]
Over the course of more than 25 years, Metro’s parks and nature program has developed a long record of failing to serve its constituents. Since the parks and nature program launched, the Metro regional government has received close to $1 billion in funding and purchased more than 14,000 acres of land. Yet, only 12% of […]
Jesus had just said, “‘If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.’ The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith!’ He replied, ‘If you have faith as […]
The Energy & Commerce markup of the spendthrift $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill includes $150 million in grant funding for “bias, racism, or discrimination programs” for nurses and other nursing initiatives. “Developing curriculum for students seeking to enter careers focused on maternal and perinatal health that includes training programs on bias, racism, or discrimination,” the Energy […]