January 24-30 is National School Choice Week, the world’s largest celebration of parental choice in education and the diversity of options available to help today’s students learn. Since 2011, National School Choice Week has affirmed that “every child deserves an effective, challenging, and motivating education.” “School choice” means empowering parents to choose the education options […]
We Battle Not Against Flesh and Blood, So Get on Your Knees and Join the Fight” — The following is submitted by Day Gardner, President of the National Black Pro-Life Union, she is available for comment: Make no mistake, America is at war! It started with big tech’s Twitter, Facebook, Amazon and even Pinterest shutting […]
Another anniversary of Roe v. Wade is upon us. And in recent days, the pro-life movement has suffered some serious political setbacks. Outgoing President Donald Trump was surprisingly pro-life. In contrast, incoming President Joe Biden, although he is a Catholic, has become so pro-abortion that he believes in abortion for any reason up to the very moment […]
At the Oregon Senate District 20 Precinct Committee Person Nominating Convention held on January 23rd, Steve Bates received 59.88% of the vote which was the largest vote count of any of the 10 candidates. This vote qualified Steve Bates as the first nominee on the slate of nominees to be vetted by the Clackamas and […]
Three episodes in the life of Israel illustrate how God often waits until things look impossible (the “Eleventh Hour”) to deliver us. “When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, ‘If they face war, they might change their […]
In a rather heated recent blogger exchange, one correspondent observed that the legitimacy of our November election was so obvious that those claiming the vote counting was fraudulent or otherwise illegitimate should be legally silenced. In reply I asked which faction he would advise a newly arrived observer from Mars to believe. Should the Martian […]
Cascade Policy Institute released a new research report addressing the homelessness crisis in Oregon. Homelessness in the Portland Region: Some Straightforward Solutions to a Complex Problem was authored by Eric Fruits, Ph.D. and Vlad Yurlov. The report provides several recommendations, including: ● Opening unused public buildings as emergency shelters; ● Converting the Portland Expo Center […]
Biden’s Green New Deal won’t work without mining, especially for rare earth elements. As Joe Biden and Kamala Harris take the reins of government and launch their program to “transition” America away from fossil fuels, they need to consider some hard realities. Chief among them is that no Green New Deal can succeed without major […]
New Rodrigues fruit bats represent ‘one of the most inspiring conservation stories’ Three Rodrigues flying foxes are being raised at the Oregon Zoo this month, adding to the growing population of a bat species once considered the most imperiled on the planet. Closer in size to a flying prairie dog — and in appearance to […]
Several days ago, we received a message from a nonprofit organization associated with a State government — stating something to the effect that: “Our democracy is sacred, resting upon the rule of law, emanating from the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Among various rights, the First Amendment states that Congress shall not infringe […]
