December 13, 2022, 3:11 pm 33 comments in the last 90 days.
6 Crucial Business Travel Tips.

Business travel is an essential business aspect. Traveling for business allows you to network with other industry professionals while meeting new people and connecting with prospective customers.

June 3, 2023, 6:13 pm 19 comments in the last 90 days.
Disconnecting War from Its Consequences.

Twenty-two years ago, Congress put sanity up for a vote. Sanity lost in the House, 420-1. It lost in the Senate, 98-0. Barbara Lee’s lone vote for sanity remains a tiny light of courageous hope flickering in a chaotic world.

February 3, 2021, 12:37 am 4 comments in the last 90 days.
Rumination on the Trump Deplorables.

Were we better off January 20 than we were four years ago? The answer is a definite “NO.” I am still trying, however, without much success, to understand why 74+ million Americans voted to re-elect Trump when for four years he has embarrassed himself and this nation with his ignorance, ineptness, and lack of human decency. During the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton called Trump supporters a “basket of deplorables.” Who are these deplorables?

March 29, 2011, 2:20 am 3 comments in the last 90 days.
Could Oregon be First to End Cannabis Prohibition? 'OCTA 2012' is Approved for Signatures.

If passed, the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act of 2012 will regulate the legal sale of marijuana to adults through state-licensed stores, allow adults to grow their own, license Oregon farmers to grow marijuana for state-licensed stores and allow unlicensed Oregon farmers to grow cannabis hemp for fuel, fiber and food. OCTA 2012 organizers need to gather 90,000 registered voters' signatures.

September 10, 2010, 4:30 pm 2 comments in the last 90 days.
9/11 Reflections Part 1: The Elephant and the Mosquito.

What happens when a mosquito bites an elephant? The answer to this question lies at the intersection between myth and reality. The Big Lies, Grand Illusions, and Great Myths of our age are stories of the elephant and the mosquito.

October 24, 2010, 6:33 pm 2 comments in the last 90 days.
Award Winning Original Roots Bluegrass Band to Appear at Mt. Angel Performing Arts Center.

Doran Productions and the Mt. Angel Performing Arts Center will host an evening of family friendly, outstandingly entertaining original roots bluegrass with the award-winning group Kathy Boyd & Phoenix Rising. Celebrating their 5th year together, 2010 has been a banner season for the band, with the release of their 3rd CD - a gospel recording called "Walk Humbly", 47 performances, a partnership with Brian Farrish Radio Promotions, and the recent win of the $10,000 prize in the 2010 International City Love Music Contest with a song about band leader Kathy Boyd's home town of Clatskanie, Oregon

August 31, 2023, 1:21 pm 2 comments in the last 90 days.
Creating Art: If It's Fun, It's Alive.

As I trek toward the Great Unknown, as life’s struggles seem to intensify, some odd questions keep recurring. Art — what is it again? Why does it matter? How does it matter? What does it mean to be “good” at it?

March 7, 2011, 9:07 pm 2 comments in the last 90 days.
General Strike Called in Wisconsin.

A general strike against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s program to eviscerate unions and social services is now a certainty. The only questions remaining about the strike are the timing and extent.

January 9, 2024, 4:20 pm 2 comments in the last 90 days.
Learning to Live With COVID-19 .

The COVID-19 virus continues to claim at least 1,200 lives each week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show the latest surge continued nationally through the final week of 2023.

January 2, 2024, 12:41 pm 2 comments in the last 90 days.
New Year's Day Shooting Death in Mt. Angel.

Monday morning, just before 6:00 a.m., a 911 caller reported a man had been shot near Marquam Street in Mt. Angel. Deputies arrived on scene and located one victim with serious injuries. Attempts to provide emergency medical assistance to the man were not successful, he was pronounced deceased at the scene.