Northwest Natural gas company has a BIG PROBLEM. They are trying to sell fossil fuel in an area that strongly disapproves of fossil fuels. Yet we are heavily dependent on fossil fuels, because they provide a high quality of life at very reasonable prices (or once reasonable prices). What is Northwest Natural to do when […]
Children are very vulnerable, because of limited life experience. They inherently trust their parents, teachers, and other adults who may not live up to that trust. And their desire to be accepted by others is too often an invitation to risky behavior, involving alcohol, drugs, sex, radical ideas, and fear. In a word, they are […]
In part one of this series, we read about English-born Henry Lewis Pittock’s journey with a wagon train from Pennsylvania to Oregon in 1853 where, “barefoot and penniless,” he began working for Thomas Dryer’s Weekly Oregonian newspaper. In 1860, at the age of 26, Henry married 15-year-old Georgiana Martin Burton of Missouri. Six years prior, […]
