By Butch Freedman “A sickening moral slum of an administration.” The Washington Post I find myself bouncing between hopelessness and giddiness some days. Maybe most days. Here’s why. Oh you probably…
Category: Guest Column
The Vote and Ivory Soap: 99 & 44/100 % Pure
By Kim Rosenberg In Oregon we’ve been voting by mail in some shape or form since the Oregon Legislature approved a test run in 1981. The Governor’s Task Force on Local…
BOOK REVIEWS: A TWO-FER FROM JAMIL ZAKI – Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness & The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World
By Jim Heffernan I’m not sure where I came across it, but this two-fer began with the 2019 book dedicated to “building empathy in a fractured world”. I then found out…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: The Biggest Story No One Is Paying Attention To
“I am glad to see the Trump Administration take a step toward acknowledging what Nevadans have known for years: Yucca Mountain is dead.” – Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada) By…
LIFE LESSONS: ADULT ADHD* – This Article Was Supposed to Have a Point
*EDITOR’S NOTE: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental condition that affects how the brain handles attention, impulse control, and activity levels. It starts in childhood and often lasts into adulthood,…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: Root Canals, Earthquakes, and the Underrated Pleasure of Nothing Going Wrong
How Columbia Memorial Hospital prepared for the Big One—and got caught in Washington’s decision to cancel BRIC funding. EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog,…
BOOK REVIEW: You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy
By Jim Heffernan I read this 2019 book in June of 2026. I’d like to blame the time-lag for the review on simple writer’s block, but I think there’s something else…
I’ve been thinking … I’m Mad as Hell
By Jim Heffernan I’ve really tried to be chill and calm, in spite of everything. Alan Watts tells me, “No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going…
BUTCH’S BLOG: Collecting
By Butch Freedman I come from a family of collectors. My mother collected Depression glass, those lovely green, sometimes red, dishware made in the thirties. My Aunt Genevieve had an extensive…
IN GOOD HEALTH: 4 Locks & 4 Keys – Cultivating an Undisturbed Mind in an Unsettled World
What if the key to happiness is more than 2000 years old – and we just forgot it? By Michelle Jenck, M Ed Beginning Fall 2027, the University of Michigan’s College of…
