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EDUCATION STEPS UP, HARVARD ROARS

April 15, 2025 by

Education steps up when Harvard slams it down. No defeat baby, no surrender. No retreat. Today, with Harvard’s statement, their decree, their promise to not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights, we are all Harvard People. Without the student loan problems.

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LIVING LARGE ON ROUTE 66

April 13, 2025 by

Living large on Route 66 is time travel back to another era, one designed to lure you into stopping the car. So you stop. Then what? That’s when the years start rushing past.

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THE SELF RIGHTEOUS BLOGGER

April 12, 2025 by

Who is self righteous? Me. And for all the right reasons. I check all of the boxes. Am I all alone on this? Here’s the definition:

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AGREEING TO AGREE? WHEN DOES THAT EVER HAPPEN

April 11, 2025 by

Agreeing to agree doesn’t seem like much to the uninitiated. It gets tricky when you agree with people you’ve never thought much of; you know, disagreeable people. Tricky and stunning when the role call of those to agree with brings a cast of characters together. Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like an unusual […]

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HISTORY MIRROR CLOUDED AND SMEARED

April 10, 2025 by

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?

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DANGEROUS COMBINATIONS TO BE WARY OF

April 9, 2025 by

Dangerous  combinations  come in every variety in all walks of life. In baseball it’s a fastball followed by an off-speed pitch for a third strike. For boxing it’s a left jab followed by a right cross for a knockout. In football it’s a running play followed by a pass. But, what about the non-sporty stuff? […]

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WALK AWAY PEOPLE? KEEP WALKING

April 4, 2025 by

The problem with walk away people is what they leave behind: their mess. Someone will do the clean-up, just not them. They’re too busy. Not too busy walking, too busy making their next mess. There’s always something funny about them:

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MUSEUM LIBRARY, LIBRARY MUSEUM

April 2, 2025 by

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?

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CANCER TREATMENT CHALLENGES IN 2025

March 31, 2025 by

Cancer treatment. Are there two more frightening words in any vocabulary? If you have any friends or family in it, you know. But, if it’s never touched up anyone you know, they are only words. Just words in passing.

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CURRENT DISAPPOINTMENT, I’VE GOT A FEW

March 27, 2025 by

My current disappointment, and it’s not much, are the cherry blossoms of downtown Portland. I’ve been on others to get down there before they drop. What says spring better than a stroll along the Willamette River under a cherry blossom canopy? If I don’t go, it’ll be another year to wait. Do I go alone […]

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