On Monday night, the US Department of Defense decided to hold training exercises in Downtown Portland and in other areas of the city. The first indication of the event was when people looked up over Downtown and in areas of Southeast Portland and saw four helicopters flying around at under 500 feet. Some were merely [...]
I just had a case of “What he said.” I was thumbing through articles on the Internet and ran into a recent piece by Jerry Large, a Seattle Times columnist. I think he summed up so well just what I was thinking all along. I am not a real fan of marijuana. Sure, I tried [...]
On Tuesday, the hunter in a case we have been following here was charged with first-degree manslaughter. In the case, a 14-year-old boy had accidentally shot and killed a 54-year-old woman hiking in the woods. The charges stem from the fact that the boy did not have a clear view of his target but shot [...]
Sometimes an incident happens where it just strikes a nerve. This is one of them. I have spent a lot of time hiking in the woods during my lifetime. I have heard hunters shooting in the background, but fortunately have never been too close. There has always been that worry in the back of my [...]
The State of Oregon has three ballot measures in the current election which are constitutional amendments and are billed as “housekeeping” measures. I am usually hesitant to amend our constitution without a very good reason, and I am usually suspicious of anything that is supposed to be a “correction” of a previous problem. This is [...]
