By Butch Freedman Let’s get over it. What else can be said at this point? The man-child is a crude, cruel, deeply narcissistic, evil, wannabe dictator, who has done irreparable harm to…
Category: Guest Column
I’ve been thinking … “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!”
By Jim Heffernan “I’ve fallen and can’t get up.” Those are not words I ever expected to find myself saying. I especially did not expect to find myself repeating them, over and…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: Travel Journal – No. 1
“I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.” – James Baldwin By Marc C. Johnson First, you can’t escape the reality of the midterm elections in…
BUTCH’S BLOG: A Trip to the City
By Butch Freedman I recently had reason to drive into the city, into Portland. I wasn’t looking forward to the journey, or to being in the city I once called home….
WORDS OF WISDOM: The State of American Manhood, One Person at a Time
By Neal Lemery A friend asked me how I was doing, adding the phrase “as a man”. I hadn’t lately thought about that “angle” to a common question, but given the…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Dangerous and Out of Control
By Butch Freedman Today (September 22, 2026), trump spoke at the United Nations and, not surprisingly, embarrassed both himself and our country. Once again, the blowhard threatened to “annihilate the Islamic republic.”…
Poetry Event with Tricia Gates Brown: Reflecting on Life’s Decades – September 26th at St. Catherines in Nehalem
On September 26, at 7 PM, Tricia Gates Brown will read poems from her debut collection Of a Certain Age, newly released from Fernwood Press (https://www.fernwoodpress.com/2026/06/09/of-a-certain-age/ ; ISBN9781594982323). The event will take place at the acoustically stunning St. Catherines…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Bob Dylan Says it All
By Butch Freedman “They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings, steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make…
BUTCH’S BLOG: How Long will the Madness Last?
By Butch Freedman Every day is normal and every day is insane. That’s the world we live in now — or, at least the one I live in. I imagine that…
LIFE LESSONS: Dead Birds
By Deb Montgomery My dog likes to eat dead birds. This is a problem. See me running on the beach like a screaming crazy lady, “Drop it!” When I do, my…
