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PRESIDENTIAL VOTE SINCE 1900, DAVID’S VERSION

November 5, 2024 by

The presidential vote is tricky to gauge. Some of the guys from 1900 on are cloaked in the fog of history. While this isn’t some kind of ‘last word’ on the subject, it is a reflection of the voting mood. Sometimes you just don’t know how things will turn out.

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AMERICAN PROCESS = THE GRIND

October 9, 2024 by

American process is what we’re famous for around here. The U.S. didn’t become what it is today by scrapping everything and starting over, although some argue that that’s what FDR did in the Great Depression. Not my argument. Why? Because FDR was schooled in the American process. He had been a state senator, assistant secretary […]

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SCREEN SPACE vs AIR TIME: BEING HELPFUL

July 24, 2024 by

What are the goals of screen space and air time? Fill them up. That’s the primary goal. Secondary goals are making sense, being interesting, and ultimately trying to be helpful. I’m helpful. Which isn’t a way of asking, ‘Are you helpful?’

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COMMON MISTAKES AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS, OR POOR JUDGEMENT

April 16, 2020 by

Common mistakes are the easiest to fix: do this instead of that. All good. Unless it’s a clue to a greater problem.

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TAKE A MERKLEY MINUTE IN BEAVERTON TOWN HALL

January 3, 2019 by

    What do you get when you attend a Senator Jeff Merkley town hall meeting? I parked the car in a neighborhood near Conestoga Rec Center off 125th in Beaverton. Fifteen minutes from my driveway and I had time to attend? So I did. It took more than a Merkley minute for the hole […]

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MY ADVICE TO TRUMP, or #MyAdviceToTrump

April 13, 2016 by

#MyAdvideToTrump: Big Picture leaders need to keep a focus on the small things. It’s not about how much ground you cover, but how high you soar. This isn’t the time to lay down and rest, Mr. Trump. You may be sixty nine years old, but you have the explosive energy of a sixty eight year […]

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