Political turmoil gets reported daily with breathless anticipation and wide-eyed horror. It’s good to remember that America’s United States that we believe in are united by thin threads and that those threads have always been thin. How thin was that thread when one Senator beat the dog shit out of another on the Senate floor?
MUSEUM LIBRARY, LIBRARY MUSEUM
April 2, 2025 by Leave a Comment
A museum library is a two for one deal. Go to the museum, check out the library. Someone always gets a surprise. What’s the surprise?
WILDLIFE HELPERS FOR TUALATIN REFUGE
March 20, 2025 by 6 Comments
Wildlife helpers keep a low profile at the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge. Visitors get help from signs in the parking lot on how to behave. No running, no dogs, stay on the trail, and don’t upset the wildlife by being wild. It’s plain and simple: take a walk in nature and leave. Bring your […]
COST OF VICTORY FROM HISTORY
March 14, 2025 by
The cost of victory, American victory, is ongoing. And it should be. Here’s why: After finishing the assigned reading list for an American History degree I noticed repeated behavior: The losers get paid. Why, you ask? Here’s why:
CONTINUING EDUCATION? CLASS IN SESSION
March 12, 2025 by
Continuing eduction needs one thing: the continuing part, the part outside formal classrooms and proctored exams. Why? Because that’s where a good education starts working. For example:
PEDDLING FEAR FOR THE WIN
March 11, 2025 by
Peddling fear is as old as the first recorded sunrise. “It’s getting hot and feeling hotter,” said early man. “If it keeps getting hot I’ll need a new wardrobe,” said early woman. “These animal furs will cook us both.”
EXTRA EFFORT, BUT HOW MUCH?
March 1, 2025 by
Extra effort is the rule, or so we hear. “If you want to be somebody, it will take more than you’re doing.” “If you want to succeed, work harder.” But some people are born lucky. Clint asks, “Do you feel lucky? Do you, punk?”
KNOW BETTER? BETTER THAN WHAT? TO VOTE
November 4, 2024 by
Adults have it over kids when they say, “You ought to know better,” when something goes wrong. Older people have seen plenty go wrong, have done plenty of things wrong. Did they have someone explain what they ought to know? Or did they have the grace of being stupid by themselves without the feedback? Well, […]
DAMAGED MEN DON’T ASK FOR BAND-AIDS?
October 28, 2024 by
Damaged men are all around, but you’d never know it. Why? Not because they tell you, because they don’t. In a show and tell world, they do the show part better than the tell part.
AMERICAN IDENTITY IS NO SURPRISE
August 24, 2024 by
An American identity is more than a passport, drivers license, or birth place. It’s more than bragging rights and USA USA USA. What is it? Here’s one take on what it is:
