The Oregon nonprofit Cascadia Clusters understands the value of providing Oregon’s growing homeless population with a “hand-up” by helping individuals gain the skills needed to construct affordable transitional housing. Cascadia Clusters is a nonprofit charity that receives no government funding. Instead, it relies on donations. The organization provides meaningful skills training for homeless individuals along […]
Actions speak louder than words! Quick talking, political promises have gotten us nowhere, as evidenced by the voter pamphlet statements of 2004, by some of those who are currently on our county commission. The issues they promised to solve are just as urgent and relevant today as they were 16 years ago! We finally have […]
“We want to add more money there…it is very urgent though that we support our — our police and fire, our health care workers, our nurses, our teachers…that’s what the state and local government is about, is meeting the needs of the coronavirus. And everything that we’re doing is about the coronavirus, understand that.” – […]
Private ‘philanthropic’ foundations join government agencies in funding anti-technology NGOs The UN Food and Agriculture Organization, anti-development banks, the Agency for International Development (USAID), NGO (non-government organization) pressure groups and other eco-imperialists are properly condemned for using their money, power, and control over trade and lending to keep millions of African, Asian and Latin American […]
President Trump wisely has taken his first steps to reopen America, and has just as wisely reminded the nation’s governors that the ball is in their court. This is not just wise, it’s brilliant: if people are torqued at government restrictions, they will not have the president to blame. Their beef will be with their […]
Oregon is nearing the end of the first month of Governor Kate Brown’s state-at-home order. The order is just one of many ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way consumers shop and the way businesses sell. These shifts in behavior, designed to “flatten the curve” of infection through social distancing, are happening […]
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” ~ Benjamin Franklin In our hysterical overreaction to the Chinese virus, we have flattened the Constitution instead of the curve. President Trump has resorted to federalism and left public policy decisions in the hands of governors, which […]
In the real world, when someone doesn’t do their job, you fire them. So when the World Health Organization (WHO), whose job it is to “guard the public health,” fails, it’s time to take a long hard look at the billions of dollars America is paying them. It’s their job to sound the alarm on […]
Public officials are angry that thousands of Oregonians have been enjoying the good weather by engaging in outdoor recreation. They can’t understand why people are ignoring the government closure of parks, trails and beaches. There is a simple reason: the closures are extreme and unnecessary. People need exercise, and not everyone has a private backyard. […]
When Governor Brown is talking about the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, she is likely correct, although a bit melodramatic. When she is talking about Global Warming, she has no idea about the science. NONE. Such is the credibility issue that the nation’s Democratic Governors face in addressing the virus. Although they have primary responsibility for the […]
