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Perhaps It’s Time To Cut Off The Fuel Source? Ain't No Mountain High Enough It’s easy to get bogged down in the details of life. In my...

The Stench of Corruption I just watched a clip from an interview between John Stossel and Megan Kelly. In it they point out some of the...

Truth Comes Out So Smile (more positive news this morning) I was told most of my life that eventually the truth will come out. I never...

Mom’s & Their Boys There is something priceless about the relationship between a mom and her boys. There is a closeness, at least that...

Home Of The Brave In the national anthem is a beautiful line that goes “for the land of the free and the home of the brave.” If you turn...

Do You Feel It? Thank You COVID I’m starting to think the best thing that ever happened to us as a culture is COVID. I know, I’m an...

Why Are Some So Afraid To Dig Deeper? I have no desire to compel those who disagree with me to change their views and agree with me,...

Such A Time As This Near Hood River Oregon You have to remind yourself often, you and I were created for such at time as this. We are not...

It’s Too Soon Mt Hood I hear cries, mostly from the left, for unification but the actions of these well-meaning folks are quite the...

I read a great article the other day that made me think. The folks who seem to hate Trump so much really hate what you and I believe....

Oregon, You Are Worth It Oregon, you are worth it. I know we left three plus years ago but you still hold a place in my heart. I grew up...

Frustration Is Our Friend and Your Foe When you live in a bad situation long enough you get used to it. You don’t see the problems that...

You Get What You Get Lawlessness Breeds Lawlessness I wasn’t shocked to see this sign outside a Downtown Springfield business but it did...

You Have Enemies? Good. It is strange being back in Oregon after living in Montana for three years. Oh, we come back three or four times...

Buy Local, Do We Mean It? There is a growing move in our country to buy local. Those truly serious about protecting our lives, our...

Rural America Is Done Being Ignored Urban and rural America are at odds with each other. That’s not big news, especially if you live in...

Educate and Agitate: Take Back Our Public Lands I attended a timber conference this week to get myself up to date on what’s happening in...

The Northwest Rumbles View of Columbia River Gorge I see why those whose ideology taints what was once part of the character of the...

Great Opportunity For Huge Change I see this whole debate over DEI as a way of opening some doors that need ripping open. So we have...

So Many Good People Out Here I was glancing over the legacy media feeds this morning, something I don’t ordinarily do, and it’s no wonder...