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ORDINARY MEN: RESERVE POLICE BATTALION 101 REVIEW

January 28, 2026 by

After watching a portion of a documentary on German Reserve Police Battalion 101 I’m left with concerns. As the story is told on Netflix, ordinary men were recruited into police work. The idea of joining a police staff was better than going to the front. The guys selected got some extra training, then loaded up […]

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BORDER LIFE WITH BORDER TAX

April 17, 2025 by

The words ‘border life’, living on the border, goes more than one way. My closest borders are my city limits, then the county line, state line, and one state up, an international border. I like seeing the border signs, Welcome To Oregon, but other than that, what are these borders but tax districts. City tax, […]

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ERRAND BOY? EMBRACE THE JOB

October 6, 2024 by

Who’s an errand boy? Who isn’t? That’s how things get done, doing on errands. What else is there, hiring someone to do errands? But there are times it makes sense.

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HARD LIVING ON PURPOSE

September 24, 2024 by

Hard living is something to avoid, most of the time. I’ve heard it said at funerals: “They had a hard life.” And it’s true, but is it avoidable?

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PROPERTY OWNER FROM THE OTHER SIDE

June 22, 2018 by

    What to expect from the property owner process that never ends, changes in the middle, and no light the end of the property owner tunnel to hell.   From behind the seductive eyes of a city’s economic development officer:   I see the likes of you come in here all day, every day. […]

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