By Michael Randall (The following is “Part One” of a three-part series about (1) the emerging Trump dictatorship; (2) Trump’s determination to stay in power at all cost; and (3) what people…
Category: Guest Column
WORDS OF WISDOM: Traditions and Gratitudes
By Neal Lemery I’m sentimental about Thanksgiving, the first big holiday of wintertime, when the expectations and the preparations for the holiday are not on steroids. It is a time for gathering with…
TRYING TO SEE: An ICE Agent’s Shame
EDITOR’S NOTE: There are many photos of masked ICE agents lining hallways of courts, where people are following the law by reporting, and being met with “lawless enforcement.” By Michael Randall Recently,…
Thanksgiving Contemplations
By Lianne Thompson Thanksgiving means more than football games and generous meals shared with family and friends, although those traditions matter. The turning of the season into deep Autumn and deeper Winter…
THE OCEANSIDER: Current Cafe will Continue Operations under Three Arch Inn Ownership
By Jerry Keene, Editor, The Oceansider “It came down to the last minute, but we got it done,” said Current Cafe owner Tyler McComas in an interview with The Oceansider late Sunday afternoon. McComas called…
A Look at Legislative Committee Days, Impacts on State Budget from Federal HR-1
EDITOR’S NOTE: Civic leader, writer, storyteller, rural community leader LaNicia Duke is taking a deep dive into the happenings in Salem. Here she looks the impacts Federal legislation is having on Oregon…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Kindness
By Neal Lemery Ernest Hemingway once said: “The kindest people you meet are not born that way; they are created, shaped by life’s challenges, molded by the struggles they have endured. They…
CIVIC SATURDAY WITH JIM HEFFERNAN: #19 OF 19 – READING OUR COUNTRY
EDITOR’S NOTE: As Jim noted, “I’m relieved to have completed this …” And the editor screwed up and didn’t post the Zoom invite for the last sermon. And it’s a great one…
THE OCEANSIDER – SPECIAL EDITION – Nov. 1, 2025: Incorporation Survey Results; Proposed Village Residents Support Measure by 2-to-1 Margin
From the Oceanside Village Initiative Team – Over the past year, the Oceanside Village Initiative team (“OVI”) has led a community effort to examine the benefits and costs of establishing Oceanside’s “Village” area as Oregon’s newest city. We alerted…
CIVIC SATURDAY WITH JIM HEFFERNAN: SERMON #18 – Too Busy to Love – Nov. 1st
Join us Saturday, November 1 at 10 am for Tillamook County’s version of “Civic Saturdays” with Jim Heffernan hosting. The sermons explore new and better ways to be a citizen. They are…