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RESPECT WOMEN IF YOU RESPECT YOURSELF

December 13, 2016 by

It’s hard to respect women, or anyone, unless you respect yourself.   Find a mirror and give it a hard look while you’re in front of it. Do you respect the image reflected back? If not, get to work. You’ve heard this saying, “You say you respect someone if you can’t say you like them.” […]

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OREGON STATE RAPE RIPPLE EFFECT HITS HOME

July 29, 2016 by

An Oregon State rape phone call starts the rape ripple effect. Throw a stone into a calm lake and count the ripples until it’s a calm lake again. Then throw a bigger rock for bigger ripples. An Oregon State rape phone call makes a rape ripple and it goes through every room of every place […]

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BRENDA TRACY, UNDEFEATED

June 28, 2016 by

When you need help, Brenda Tracy is right here. How many times have you had problems no one understands? Every time you’ve had a problem? If you’re like most of us, you see half an inch of water and think you’ll drown. Brenda Tracy sees half an inch of water and walks right through. She’s […]

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FACEBOOK FRIENDS: A WHO’S WHO

June 23, 2016 by

All Facebook friends are not created equal. Vanity Fair loves Facebook. Who doesn’t? Can a billion people a day be wrong? Or maybe they’re cuddling up to Mark Zuckerberg, The Man, The Face, of Facebook. Understandable if they are. He is one of the big biggies of the online world. His is the biggest face […]

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BEST CRUSADER AGAINST CAMPUS RAPE?

June 9, 2016 by

Nominating Chelsea Clinton as spokesperson for campus rape awareness. The face of a college campus rapist flashes on the screen, along with his six month sentence reduced to three. He’s not a Reed college campus rapist, he’s a Stanford college campus rapist. His is the face of campus rape. And he’s serving time, a little […]

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BAD GUYS IN GOOD SPORTS

November 19, 2014 by

What do you ask of the people who play and coach the sports you love? Do you have an overriding idea of what they should do, or does it go sport by sport? If you look at the big picture you want athletes and coaches to conduct themselves in a similar fashion as you, given […]

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IS THIRTY YEARS TOO LATE? IS SIXTEEN?

November 18, 2014 by

From Local To National, Send The Word: NO Two stories need broader exposure, a specialty for BoomerPDX. One comes from a local sports columnist, the other from every media outlet worthy of the name. The Oregonian’s John Canzano wrote about a forgotten woman from an a Corvallis assault. Why forgotten? No charges, no crime. Part […]

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