(A Blast from the Past) By Butch Freedman I needed the job. I’d been out of work for six months, living on unemployment and the occasional sale of one of my silly…
Category: Guest Column
POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: “Hey, Idiot” Is Not How We Win Hearts and Minds
The point is not to win every argument. The point is to understand each other well enough to live together. EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s…
BOOK REVIEW: Mailman – My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home, by Stephen Grant (2025)
By Neal Lemery Stephen Grant’s memoir of his time as a corporate desk-bound Zoom meeting bureaucrat turned mailman in his hometown in the Appalachian Mountains takes us into not only the…
BUTCH’S BLOG: My Father and I
By Butch Freedman Even now, in this late stage of my life, my dad long passed away, I am still trying to come to terms with my relationship with my father. Let…
IN GOOD HEALTH: Sad, Scared and Fluffy After 50
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Pioneer has been publishing a series of articles about menopause health issues, treatments, resources and suggestions from menopause expert, Leanna Coy, FNP-BC. See below for links to these articles….
INDIVISIBLE TILLAMOOK COAST ACTION: Defending the Democratic Republic; Liberty and Justice for All
By Romy Carver “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic, for which it stands, One nation, under God. Indivisible, with liberty and…
AMERICA 250: Celebrating Possibility & Diversity of America
By Kiandre O’Neaque Clark Yesterday America turned 250 years old, and I finally found a way to celebrate that feels completely true to me. America has never been made from one…
AMERICA 250: The Fourth of July, The Declaration of Independence – What does it mean to me?
By Don Backman “Mrs. Murphy, why does this (the Declaration of Independence) only say men? What about women?” “Well,” she replied, “the word men meant all mankind in those days. …
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: The Declaration at 250
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal … “ By Marc C. Johnson On February 22, 1861 the president-elect of the United States stopped in Philadelphia…
BUTCH’S BLOG: I Hate the Fourth
By Butch Freedman I woke up today with a knot in my gut. Still groggy, I wondered where it was coming from, then realized, today is July 4th. I’ve come to…
