American education teaches and American education does some learning too, as in we learn how to teach. Isn’t that the happy ending education promises? Learn how to treat others as you would have them treat you. Why does that sound so biblical? This is where the separation does neither American public […]
TO KNOW A PLACE, MEET THE FIRST PEOPLE
July 18, 2017 by
Like the City on the Sound, the 30th Annual Seafair Indian Days Pow Wow stayed in continual motion. At a west coast gathering of First People, dancing and celebration filled the air. They strengthened bonds between each other and Seattle.
MOTIVATED LIFE: FEAR, ANGER, BIG FINISH
May 26, 2017 by
From day one America grew an attitude of the picked on little brother. Instead of walking the plank of tradition and custom in the old country, early explorers took off for the new to live a motivated life. I hear Monty Python’s French accented, “Weee, doon’t neeeed yoooou.” That’s the enduring American story, […]
PORTLAND RENTS A LIFESTYLE, WHO PAYS THE FREIGHT
March 18, 2017 by
One solution to rising Portland rents At first tiny apartments got the shit because they went up in neighborhoods with streets jammed by normal parking. Now the micro havens are a solution, a reason for a drop in the rent crisis. And those bikes? Millennials and bikes and small apartments? It happens. Add […]
GERONIMO: AN AMERICAN LEGEND IN LIFE AND ON SCREEN
January 30, 2017 by
The film came out in 1993 for an American legend. One of the kickers in Frontier Communications are free On Demand movies. The Sony Channel skips commercials and runs them straight through from all appearances. A recent cruise through the selections turned up Geronimo: An American Legend. Like Days of Heaven with Richard Gere, […]
OREGON VOTER REMORSE HISTORY
November 2, 2016 by
Regrets? Oregon voter has had a few. American elections seem to have the same choices: Bad and Worse. Pick one and you wish you’d picked the other. Like early pioneers’ choice of floating the Columbia River rapids, or traversing the Barlow Road, once you take one you wish you were on the other. The 2016 […]
WHO CRIES MOST? NON-VOTER
October 20, 2016 by
Non-voters need change, will do anything for change. Anything, they say. Except vote. Every excuse is a good excuse to not vote, just don’t say the dog ate your ballet. Instead, use these tried and true non-voter lines: I got my registration in late. I moved. I thought my driver’s license was enough. Or,
ONE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM VISIT LATER
October 17, 2016 by
Museums make you feel something; in the Holocaust Museum it’s fear. Why is the Holocaust Museum, or more correctly the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, so frightening? Call it a learning tool. Older visitors who’ve watched a few Holocaust movies and documentaries need a reminder that the events shown in the Holocaust Museum actually happened. […]
OLYMPIC YEAR TRAINING FOR ELECTION YEAR
July 15, 2016 by
Why sports and elections both need Olympic Year Training. Every four years the Olympic Games roll around. With the Winter Games and Summer Games broken up, we get the Olympics every two years, but for now let’s use the four year schedule. Besides, it matches better with the American Presidential Election cycle. We’re not talking […]
BASEBALL, BEER, FIREWORKS, BOOMERPDX STYLE
July 5, 2016 by
In a search for holiday ideas, there’s BoomerPdx Style. Who drank a beer yesterday? Anyone? Super Patriot in their flag focused ensemble leads a toast. Slinky character in a DD214 t-shirt cheers him on. Everyone else joins in. If that’s your Fourth of July, you did it right. If it didn’t go that way, take […]
