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PORTLAND TREND OR OREGON’S FUTURE ON A NEW TRAIL

June 24, 2021 by

While I usually drag on about other things, I sense a Portland trend here: @Oregonian Portland’s police chief and mayor are set to announce Tuesday that city police will no longer stop motorists for low-level infractions, such as equipment failures or expired plates, to reduce disproportionate stops of people of color. Fewer tickets for minor […]

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BLOG WORK BEHIND THE CURTAINS: WHAT TO EXPECT

June 23, 2021 by

One of the cruel joys of blog work comes at the start: Either figure out how to start, how to build a site, or hire someone else to do it. While I’m happy for folks who go either way, which is better in the long run? The bottom line is spending the time to learn […]

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EFFECTIVE LEADERS KNOW THEIR AUDIENCE’S WEAKNESS

June 22, 2021 by

Effective leaders know the rules, the leadership drill, and when to move off script. Ten skills could be a hundred, but a top ten works best. More important, leaders know their audience and what they need from them. How do leaders stay relevant? What do they need from their audience? What does the audience need […]

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OREGON DRUGS: MEASURE 110 EXPERIMENTS WITH NEW IDEAS

June 21, 2021 by

Oregon drugs were put to the vote last November and the results were clear. Last fall Oregon voters decriminalized possession of small amounts of almost all hard drugs, taking a groundbreaking step away from the arrest, charge and jail model for possession that’s been a centerpiece of American drug policy. Arrest. Charge. Jail. The new […]

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DAD ANALYSIS: DO IT LIKE THIS NOT LIKE THAT

June 20, 2021 by

Dad analysis needs to be a new science aimed directly at them. Like all science new and old, it will need data to back up wild claims. On Father’s Day, the claim is Greatest Dad Ever. How many can there really be? What is the criteria?

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FATHER TIME ON THE MARCH EVERY DAY, EVEN FATHER’S DAY

June 19, 2021 by

When I was a kid, Father Time looked like my Grandpa. It helped that my Grandpa looked like President “I Like Ike” Eisenhower. I was six years old in 1960 when things changed. The new president looked more my dad’s age. The big job went from the Supreme Allied Commander Europe five star Army general, […]

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FATHER’S DAY FROM OLD DAD TO NEW DAD ALL TOGETHER

June 18, 2021 by

Father’s Day comes every year, but that first one is something else. A new dad on his day lays the groundwork of tradition for every Father’s Day for the next fifty years. Will it be like a birthday? Christmas? Or eventually just another day on the calendar? The easy answer: It depends on the kids. […]

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HARD WORK PAVES THE ROAD FORWARD, LAYS THE RAILS

June 17, 2021 by

Hard work is what others call your regular day? If that ever happens, congratulations, you’re a badass. When someone witnesses your struggle, but it’s not a struggle for you, it says more about them than it does about you. Of course there’s an accompanying saying to tie it all together. I don’t know who said […]

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OPTIONAL FRIENDSHIP: YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT

June 16, 2021 by

An optional friendship depends on time and place. But it’s not your time or your place. Tell me if this sounds familiar: “I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to do anything, but in between my schedule, my plans, my obligations, my interests, my work, my obsessions, my fears, we should get together sometime.” […]

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ASTORIA OREGON, THE FIRST RIVER CITY OF THE WEST

June 15, 2021 by

You won’t need a boarding pass for Astoria, Oregon. Crossing the Columbia River from the Washington side doesn’t require a ferry, either. However you will need a Boarding Pass for the Columbia River Maritime Museum. More than a nice place for a regional story, CRMM tells a big history in a big way. Astoria and […]

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