Every parent knows a solid education prepares children for life, and that path begins in grade school. Almost a year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic closed school buildings for in-person classroom instruction. But even before the coronavirus upended K-12 school routines, many Oregon students were trapped in schools that didn’t meet their educational needs, with no […]
The bill was supposed to help America recover from COVID — not make taxpayers sick. Unfortunately for our economy, Democrats don’t seem to know the difference between a relief package and pork. The Left’s 591-page excuse for a “rescue plan” is so loaded down with waste that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) might need the $112 […]
Gates Lab Meat is more like food for transhumanism….next the half human half clone creature will only need to recharge their bodies with their solar eye shields. Think of the money that will be saved from that green plan. Green as in Soylent Green? How it works They tell you it’s microbes. What they don’t […]
Keira Bell can never get her childhood back. And her body, a scarred and mangled reminder, reminds her every day. “I am living in a world where I don’t fit in as male or as female. I am stuck between two sexes.” Now 24, she’s dedicated her life to stop teenagers from making the same […]
Fans of Mei Mei and her ‘Prince of Pounce’ can see them in Portland through March 9 They grow up so fast…. Last June, in a year when smiles were in big demand, Mei Mei the red panda surprised Oregon Zoo fans by giving birth to a tiny cub. Red panda cubs are born blind, […]
Prevailing wage laws disadvantage minority and low-skilled workers and reduce affordable housing Why is “affordable housing” so expensive? Many politicians, bureaucrats, and affordable housing advocates treat the question as one of life’s many mysteries. But it’s really not that mysterious. Many regulations governing public projects add up, piece by piece, to affordable housing’s staggering price […]
Oregon is home to NuScalePower, the nation’s leading small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) developer. However, our state isn’t able to take advantage of NuScale’s innovative technology because it is illegal to site a nuclear plant in Oregon. Three bills being considered in Oregon’s current legislative session could change that. HB 2332would repeal current legal provisions […]
Ryan Anderson didn’t even know his book had been pulled. There was no warning, no notification from Amazon that the title had been removed. A reader tipped him off when he tried to buy a copy and couldn’t. That’s strange, Ryan thought, logging on to Amazon to see for himself. Sure enough — his bright […]
There isn’t a single pro-lifer in America who wouldn’t love to see Planned Parenthood completely defunded. But without both sides of Congress firmly in the hands of conservatives, former President Donald Trump did the next best thing. He chipped away at the forced partnership between taxpayers and the abortion industry with the most powerful weapon […]
Should governments use taxpayer dollars to support select companies of their choice? The recent closure of SolarWorld’s Portland area solar panel factory and the failure of the government-backed SoloPower Systems show why public dollars shouldn’t be spent to subsidize private firms. SolarWorld opened the nation’s largest solar panel factory in Hillsboro in 2008.[1] It was […]