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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...

What Do You Believe? PBS used to do a series called “I Believe.” It wasn’t faith based at all it was simply asking people what they...

He Came To Save All Of Us Rough Waters Ahead I’ll be honest, I’m not a big fan of Easter. Now, before you jump down my throat let me...

Oh How American’s Despise Change (Food Is Next) I just read an article about some of the changes our new Health Secretary, Robert...

She’s Worth Fighting For I hear from so many Oregonians how tough it is to live there right now. These are folks who are more in the...

Perpetrators Over Victims Does it blow you away like it boggles my mind how it seems a certain faction in our country is dead set against...

The Real Problem With Media As the old legacy media begins its final decent into the pit of darkness, beware of what takes its place. I’m...

Hunker Down Baby, The Test is On I know some of you are really concerned right now about the situation in the world and I’m right there...

The Fence Riders I remember living in Eugene,Oregon, working as a television reporter and spending a lot of time living on the fence....

The Watchman On The Wall Years ago someone said something interesting to me that’s coming back to my 65 year old brain. They had a dream...

The Fear Pandemic Photo taken 1996 We’re living in a time when fear is ruling the lives of many people. No one likes uncertainty. When...

Could It Be A Chink In The Armor? I wonder if people are starting to open up? I wrote a blog about the changes in me. It had over 70k...