Given the high-profile nature of goings-on in the U.S. Congress, it can be easy to lose track of legislative developments in the states. However, the U.S. Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has recently drawn many people’s attention back to state laws and legislative efforts, as the prospect of states regaining their […]
The Census just released the latest population estimates and, for the first time in nearly two decades, Multnomah County’s population has dropped. From 2020 to 2021, the county’s population decreased by more than 12,000 people, or 1.5%.Neighboring Washington and Clackamas counties reported almost no change, while Clark County in Washington saw a 1.3% increase in […]
Text messages from Virginia Thomas show arrests were made in November 2020 including Biden and his crime family! Conspiracy or truth? Those of us who have been shouting about doubles and an empty White House, and empty chambers in Congress sure look like they are about to be validated that they were reading all the […]
The death toll from COVID-19 is staggering. So far a million Americans and more than six million people worldwide have perished. Even though the United States, with less than 5 percent of the world’s population, is far from the most populous nation on earth, we have experienced, by far, the greatest number of reported deaths. […]
During a speech by Larry P. Arnn, President of Hillsdale College, in the Hillsdale College reception in Overland Park Kansas on November 18, 2021 he posed the question: How would you reduce the greatest free republic in history to despotism in a short time? He promptly answered the question by saying it has been provided […]
This time they’re coming for your home. Earlier this month, Oregon’s Secretary of State released an audit of Oregon’s mortgage interest tax deduction. According to the audit, the tax deduction is “regressive and inequitable.” This audit is unusual in that it calls into question policy decisions made by the legislature. In particular, it claims that […]
Many Oregon politicians have convinced themselves that we can have a high quality of life without the use of oil, coal, or natural gas. If you ask them how we can do this, they have a two-word response: “electrify everything.” It’s a seductive idea. Governor Kate Brown was an early adopter when she signed an […]
Nothing is where they told us it was! Nothing is as they said it was. Nothing is taking place in this show the way they are telling us it is. For now, let us look at the world after the flood and how Noah divided the earth for his sons who are Japheth, Shem and […]
Few who pay attention should be shocked, but for those who still look to the “newspaper of record” to be the newspaper of record, the New York Times has acknowledged – some 17 months after the story broke – that President Biden’s son’s laptop was indeed President Biden’s son’s laptop. As Glenn Greenwald recounts in […]
According to a new survey from the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center, 71% of Oregonians are either somewhat or very concerned about hospitals having enough beds to take care of all patients requiring care. These fears aren’t unfounded—even as the pandemic comes to an end. Oregon has the fewest number of hospital beds per capita […]