With my four little children, on a MAX train bound for Gresham, I met up with a Grandma; she helped me rock the twins to sleep. Then we took turns a-starin’ out the window at the darkness. A saintly glow came over her and she began to speak. She said, “Son, I’ve made a life […]
My children know that I love trivia, especially historical trivia. Not long ago, I received an e-mail from my eldest daughter asking “Did you know this, Mom?” Her e-mail read as follows: “The atom bomb was one of the defining inventions of the 20th Century. So how did science fiction writer HG Wells predict its […]
So far this summer, it has been hot here in the Portland area for a few days. But generally we have had remarkably nice weather. Not so elsewhere as cities from Anchorage, Alaska, to Washington, DC to London to Paris have sweltered in the summertime heat. Or so you are supposed to believe. In fact, […]
During Clackamas County Commissioners comments on July 18, 2019, Chairman Jim Bernard launched an unfiltered verbal bushwhack on James De Young, Mayor of Damascus. He called De Young “the self appointed supreme leader of the Oregon territory.” He continued to belittle him by repeating fake news that Mr. De Young is being sued because he […]
My name is Jeanne Robinson. Forty-six years ago, I moved from Portland to my home in what is now Damascus, Oregon. When making my purchase, I was under the impression that I would be living on Deep Creek Road in Damascus, only to learn after moving in that the road name had changed to 232nd […]
When our Founding Fathers brought our democratic republic into existence, they built it on a straightforward, unambiguous foundation. Government, whether at the state level or federal level, has a simple yet elegant charter, according to the Declaration: to protect our inalienable rights to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” (By this last phrase, the […]
How much would you be willing to pay in taxes for your local business? Thirty-three percent of total sales from Oregon distilleries currently goes to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. This means, on average, that the state makes a greater profit from tasting room sales than the distillers making the product. In comparison, beer and […]
By Lloyd Marcus, The Unhyphenated American My prayers and heartfelt sympathy go out to the victims of the El Paso Mall shooting. The gunman posted a manifesto. One of the issues which angered the gunman is illegal immigration. Democrats and fake news media will jump on this like white on rice. Despicably, they will launch […]
California judges provide stage for kangaroo court justice over Roundup weedkiller San Francisco area juries have awarded cancer patients some $80 million each, based on claims that the active ingredient in Roundup weedkiller, caused their cancer – and that Bayer-Monsanto negligently or deliberately failed to warn consumers that the glyphosate it manufactures is carcinogenic. (It’s […]
Whether boys are standing beside a small creek or on a bridge above a river, they will find something to toss into the water. It’s fun to watch things bump along as they float downstream. It’s also fun to be the one drifting. When we were much younger, Karen and I enjoyed floating down the […]
