By Leanna Coy, FNP Many people feeling stress, anxiety, fear, and anger right now. Seeing images of people being taken, jailed, beaten, and killed in our streets can feel overwhelming. The news…
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BUTCH’S BLOG: My Day Off From the World
By Butch Freedman I’m having a hard time focusing these days, feeling too distracted by the awful events continually fired at our collective consciousness every day. It feels like a nightmare I…
BOOK REVIEW: “The Road to Freedom – Economics and teh Good Society”
By Jim Heffernan This is a book I’ve had in my kindle library since it was first published in 2024. Something distracted me and I lost track of it. My mistake. He…
POSTIVE VIBES: Self-Care Sunday & the British Bake Off
Dear community. I am deeply saddened and angry as you all. I had taken a hiatus from the news, social media etc for a couple of days. It helped, until this killing,…
WORDS OF WISDOM: I Don’t Know How To Respond
By Neal Lemery The recent events in Minneapolis have pushed my buttons, knocked me to the ground emotionally, and left me dazed, stunned. When I was a kid, I remember the news…
When Death Hits Close to Home …
By Watt Childress My people have served bereaved families for over a century. Papaw co-founded a funeral home in Kingsport, Tennessee. Mom grew up around the business, and Dad started working there…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: Let America Be America Again
Let it be the dream it used to be By Marc C. Johnson (1/24/26) I can’t summon the wisdom or detachment to comment on this morning’s news from Minneapolis. All I know for…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: Leadership the World Needs Now
EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ve been sharing Marc C. Johnson’s Substack columns periodically, and now we’ll be sharing them on a regular basis under his “Many Things Considered” column. You can always find Marc…
WHEN HOPE FEELS LOST – HOW WE RISE
By Roland Hughes I’m not interested in scaring anyone. It’s not my purpose and fear is corrosive. Fear is cheap. It burns hot, spreads fast, and leaves very little behind except exhaustion…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: The Wrong Question
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege.” Oregon legislator and local dentist, representing District 32, a focus on practical policies…