Fall has been flirting with us for a few weeks now and has finally established itself in this northern neighborhood.I just returned from my daily… Continue reading
Picture this. A nice long vacation midway down the Oregon Coast. Rental fee? Owned by family, cost for the use of this beach vacation house… Continue reading
Some journalists are comparing BP’s oil spill debacle in the Gulf of Mexico to war. Quite right.We’re at war with the oil leak and we’re… Continue reading
Dear U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee,I attended your recent town hall meeting in Kingston. We appreciate your coming up our way and value your interaction. But… Continue reading
We all know someone who is out of work. If you don’t, then drop by the local food banks or St. Olaf’s on St. Vincent’s… Continue reading
Both federal and state operating budgets are being cut back in hopes of keeping us from falling over the brink we’re currently teetering on into… Continue reading
Ever wonder about the difference between conservatives and liberals? I have, many times.I recently read a Nicholas Kristof op-ed article that led indirectly to an… Continue reading
No one joyfully shares their hard-earned money with the government, but paying taxes is still not a punishment.“Taxes are what you pay to be an… Continue reading
Life can get hectic. I no longer enjoy multi-tasking, even when I can.What I used to do in a couple hours now takes me a… Continue reading
Dear President Obama,You don’t know me, we haven’t yet met. I live in a little town across the Puget Sound from Seattle, Kingston, which you… Continue reading
Town hall meetings, protests, debates, civil discourse – these are all important for a strong democracy. There’s nothing like a spirited debate. But the August… Continue reading
Changes are afoot to reform health care. This is an incredibly complex topic with the medical marketplace being as huge as it is. There are… Continue reading
The powerful and the privileged are doing a dandy job of waging class warfare to protect their way of life. Wall Street, commercial banks, real… Continue reading
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has yet to be signed by President Obama as I write this in mid-February, but the stimulus package has passed the House and Senate, with only three Republican votes.
The Lincoln Bicentennial is being celebrated across the country. History has been mostly reverent to our 16th president. Yet some of us are old enough to remember back to the 1960s and 70s when some began taking a more critical look at Lincoln’s motives for signing the Emancipation Proclamation.
The Lincoln Bicentennial is being celebrated across the country. History has been mostly reverent to our 16th president. Yet some of us are old enough to remember back to the 1960s and 70s when some began taking a more critical look at Lincoln’s motives for signing the Emancipation Proclamation.
Every four years since 1789 – excluding second terms – America has had a bloodless revolution, a transfer of power from one president to another.… Continue reading
President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama has won his election. We have much to be thankful for.
While Senators McCain and Obama have been discussing their plans to handily repair our nation’s broken economy, my mind has been admittedly elsewhere.
I was born back in 1950, when America was still recuperating from World War II. Mom was a widow with two young daughters. At around the age of five, I begged her to buy something long since forgotten. Her final exasperated response was, “Marylin, we’re poor. We can’t afford it.” Her words shook me. At five, I didn’t know exactly what “poor” entailed, but my imagination didn’t disappoint me.