Yes, it’s getting close to Summertime here in beautiful Cascadia. It’s that time of year when we start saying that it’s hot, even though people in some parts of the world would consider today’s mid-80′s temperatures to be fairly mild and just getting started. So predictably, about this time every year, the lovely lady Katt [...]
On Tuesday, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the November referendum that took the right to marry away from California gays and lesbians. As a small consolation, they did not invalidate the legal marriages of around 11,000 couples that were already married. Proponents had based their support of the taking of rights from their [...]
I have commented before here on the plight of the Columbia River sea lions. Despite the fact that they are a natural part of the wildlife that appears on the Columbia River, the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife has found it necessary to kill some of the sea lions around Bonneville Dam because they [...]
One function of a newspaper used to be to edit copy. The newspaper never tried to print every single letter to the editor. Nor should they try to publish every comment made online. If the editors wold actually “edit” then the online publication would be much better for it.
I have been giving a lot of thought about my last two blog entries: One being the story of a state that wants to put GPS tracking in my vehicle in the interest of taxing me bu how far I drive and where, and the other the story of an overzealous police department that questions [...]
According to a recent news story in the Oregonian, a 36-year-old PCC writing instructor, Ann Marie Selby, was detained by police for suspicion of prostitution. She has claimed that she was on the street, well known as a place to pick up a street walker, because she was catching a bus. She was booked by [...]
