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MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: Travel Journal: No. 4 – Battle of Bulge, Battle for Our Democracy
“Nuts.” – Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe during the Battle of the Bulge By Marc C. Johnson I’ve read the history, studied the maps, watched “Band of Brothers,” but nothing quite…
OP/ED: The Billionaires Are Not Our Friends
By Kim Rosenberg We’re living in a time when the wealth of the world is held in the hands of a few people. It isn’t that there’s not enough money for…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: Travel Journal – No. 2
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett By Marc C. Johnson (Oct. 2, 2026) (Photo – The Wild Atlantic Way near Clifden, Ireland)…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: Why I Left the Republican Party
On books, belonging, and the increasingly lonely business of thinking for yourself. EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege”…
I’VE BEEN THINKING … Max Sherman Maxes Out Mailboxes
EDITOR’S NOTE: There was a social media post that also noted the amount of postcards jamming our mailboxes these days, and most of them aren’t touting the attributes of the candidate….
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: Remembering the Andrus Legacy
“One cannot be pessimistic about the West. This is the native home of hope.” – Wallace Stegner By Marc C. Johnson Cecil Andrus, the four-term governor of Idaho and Jimmy…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Vote — as if your life depended on it
By Butch Freedman Existential: concerned with existence, especially human existence This upcoming election, I believe, is truly that high-stakes. The madman in the White House must be stopped. And though he…
JOIN AAUW FOR CANDIDATES FORUM – STATE SENATOR & STATE REPRESENTATIVE CANDIDATES AT TBCC OCT. 13 (Zoom Option)
The American Association of University Women – Tillamook is hosting a Candidates Forum for the State Senate District 16 and State Representative District 32 races. The forum will be held on TUESDAY, October 13th starting at…
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…
