Sustainability Center Finally Euthanized
Reckless spending is such a way of life in Oregon politics that it is truly noteworthy when a wasteful project is terminated. Such is the case with the proposed Oregon Sustainability Center, a green...
View ArticlePortland: politically correct trumps job creation
Right From the Start Do you ever read Steve Duin in the Oregonian? I do, regularly. I doubt that there are a handful of political things upon which Mr. Duin and I might agree, but he is an articulate...
View ArticlePolitical Correctness: A Guide to Portland’s Ineptitude
Right From the Start My friends tell me that I have a rather bizarre sense of humor and I know they are right. There is nothing funnier to me than watching Portland’s liberal elites being hoisted on...
View ArticleHandicapped Parking: A Revenue Problem for Portland
Right From the Start Two weeks ago I wrote a column regarding the growth of government through the perversion of a variety of government assistance programs. The worst of these, in my opinion, was the...
View ArticleThe Obama Administration and the New Forms of Lying
Right From the Start “YOU LIE!” These are the words shouted out by Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C) on September 9, 2009, during a speech by President Barack Obama to a Joint Session of the Congress, as Mr....
View ArticlePortland’s Political Correctness Revisited Too Soon
Right From the Start In July of this year, I wrote a column about “political correctness” stretched to the level of incompetence. In that column I discussed the actions of Jack D. Graham, Portland’s...
View ArticleKitzhaber’s Disgrace: Others Should Share the Blame
Right From the Start Less than a month after his inauguration for an unprecedented fourth term Gov. John Kitzhaber has been forced to resign in disgrace. That resignation is supposed to be effective...
View ArticleCalling All Sex Offenders: Oregon Awaits
Right From the Start Are you a sexual deviant? Are you a serial rapist? A child molester? A sexual predator? Well welcome to Oregon, the government has got your back. Have you repeatedly raped a...
View ArticleAccountability for Government Officers and Employees
Right From the Start In the aftermath of the stories regarding sexual assault and sexual harassment leveled by a variety of actresses and others against Hollywood strongman Harvey Weinstein other...
View ArticleSystem Failure vs. Government Stupidity
“If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.” – Plato One of the things that has always amazed me is how consistently...
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