Vote For Difference?
How tragic! How can our community have a homeless birth on the sidewalk? No one stopped to help? Baby taken from mother. Then I attended a … Continue reading
Year: 2020
Where’s The Data?
Timber Unity (TU) and their Republican pals in the Oregon Legislature deserve some credit for again bringing government to a standstill because of cap and … Continue reading
Quorum Shmorum
Abolish the “quorum.” If they show up, fine, they can vote. If not, fine. The idea of a quorum was a great idea. Game theoretic … Continue reading
Yuvee Rays
Former Eugene post-punk band releases new album
After fashioning a live-in vehicle from an 18-passenger van, Brendon and Jacob Broome, two brothers living in Dayton, Ohio, hit the road. Their plan was … Continue reading
The Southern Problem
After observing the 2020 Super Tuesday results, I’m thinking perhaps it would have been better for all concerned had President Abraham Lincoln merely sent the … Continue reading
Yes for LCC
Lane Community College is asking for support from voters this May on a critically needed bond measure. I plan to vote yes and encourage others … Continue reading
Bern After Reading
Sen. Bernie Sanders is still the presidential candidate of choice for many in Eugene-Springfield
Addressing an audience of about 50 people at the University of Oregon’s EMU Amphitheater, congressional candidate Doyle Canning tells a story about Bernie Sanders and … Continue reading
Celtic Nintendo Ballet
Dragon and the Night Queen takes flight despite injuries
Ballet Fantastique danced with multi-mythological ambitions on wounded wings in Dragon and the Night Queen, an original ballet that pairs nicely with a Guinness. With … Continue reading
Off The Streets
Hope on Wheels finds a unique way to address Eugene’s housing crisis with RVs
The idea to house homeless veterans in old, refurbished RVs didn’t come to David Strahan overnight. In fact, he says, it felt more like the … Continue reading
It’s About Time – March 2019
The January column featured one of our nastiest garden pests, European red slug. It’s an exotic, invasive species. I return here to discuss another abundant, … Continue reading