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POWER RULES WRITTEN TO FOLLOW

Power rules come in a variety of formats including written, verbal, and example. The written ones seem to carry the most importance since we’ll never know the verbal or actions of history. Unless it’s written down. Once direct orders are written down, the next bit of documentation is the recollection of events, the after-action report […]

OLD LESSON PLAN FOR NEW TIMES

An old lesson plan? From Aristotle? Who needs one with new lessons every day? More like who doesn’t? Sometimes it takes a while for things to sink in.

Japanese Exchange Student A Perfect Portland Fit

    What’s better than traveling to new places and meeting the locals? Being the locals and meeting travelers. A Japanese exchange student proved the rule this summer.   With kids out of high school and college you’d think a couple of empty nest boomers would enjoy themselves with the usual things baby boomers get […]

EVERY YEAR JAPAN GETS FURTHER AWAY FROM HISTORY

History is the story of winners. At least that’s who writes the first draft. Over the years the story changes; call it revisionist history. It’s not a bad thing if you’re not hiding God awful actions. America tries to open up history for all participants, for all the good it does. Now we know the […]