I met an amoeba today, I stopped and I asked it to play. It said “Beat it you rube, “I am ‘midst Rubic’s Cube, “And I’m only one square away.” Annoyed by amoeba’s affront, My retort would be equally blunt. I said “I refuse, bud, “To be treated like mud “By a green, unicellular runt.” […]
“Laughter is better than complaining.” – paraphrasing a paraphrase of “Anger is better than laughter,” which in the King James Version is “Sorrow is better than laughter” (last week’s column) SOMETHING LOST IN THE TRANSLATION? Not to repeat myself, but the English words anger and sorrow meant the same thing in pre-KJV times. The root […]
First it was a football quarterback, then it was a woman’s soccer star, and now it’s a fencer. And others in-between. These are American athletes protesting the National Anthem. TIME magazine (8/11/19) notes that a 26-year-old male fencer representing Team USA at the Pan Am Games decried America because of “the multiple shortcomings of the […]
On Aug 14, 2019, attorneys representing the City of Damascus filed a petition with the Oregon Supreme Court to review (to challenge) the legality and constitutionality of the recent SSB 226 ,which became law under the Governor’s signature on July 15. It is now known as part of statutory law, Chapter 545, Sec 4. This […]
On August 14, 2019, the Elections Division received Initiative Petition 2020-043, proposed for the November 3, 2020, General Election. Subject Provided by Chief Petitioners Repeal The Equal Access To Roads Act (formerly known as HB 2015) Chief Petitioners Mark Callahan PO Box 651 Oregon City, OR 97045 Angela Roman PO Box 9435 Brooks, OR 97305 […]
The Portland City Council recently passed a new ordinance that will require landlords to register all of their rental units with the city and pay a $60 yearly registration fee per unit. While regulated affordable housing will be exempt, other types of rentals, like mobile homes, will still be subject to the fee. It is […]
Regressives cherish an utterly sophomoric myth, that the problem with modern society is guns. If we could just get rid of guns, they think, society would once again be peaceful and harmonious, and everyone would get along famously. But the problem in modern society is not guns, it is people. The left thinks that guns […]
The death of pedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein puts two very real facts into play. One, his death never should have happened, and two, it is insanely obvious that his death came by nefarious means. But a third and more important fact is starring the American people in the face and there is no arguing it […]
Metal and mineral needs are constant, constantly evolving, requiring new mines Civilization’s progress has always been heavily dependent on farming and mining. The Stone Age didn’t end because mankind ran out of stones. Instead, the discovery, mining and processing of metals like copper, bronze and iron, followed by the development of steel, led to progressively […]
The Bible reveals in 2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” We are supposed to be different. What has changed? I still have the same job and family. I still sleep and eat. Sometimes we don’t feel like that […]
