Category Opinion

Have you noticed that March, and so far April, weather has been noticeably cool? Daily average temperatures are running about five degrees below normal and the early morning hour temperatures have been closer to eight degrees below average. Numerous low temperature records have been broken…

House Republicans are currently slowing down the Oregon Legislature which is trying to rush passing more than 4,000 wide-ranging bills in a pandemic session. I felt it was important to explain the reasoning behind this while addressing some of the concerns that the media portrays…

More than 100 million Americans have now received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine—2 million in Oregon alone. Regardless of vaccination levels and a decrease of infection rates in some states, the picture is not all rosy. Multnomah, Clackamas and four other Oregon…

Who is the cancel culture ? Whoever these “elites” are — they are forcing their agendas, values, ideas, beliefs on the basic fabric of American culture. They are attacking history, language, statues, founding fathers, anthems, the flag, books, mascots, Title IX, law and order, right…

Our reviewer says The Lost Pirate Kingdom is a mix of genres that fails to gel. When the Disney World first opened in 1971, there was one Disneyland attraction that was conspicuously missing: Pirates of the Caribbean. According to park lore, this was done because it…

Why are you troubled?  And why do questions arise in your hearts? —Luke 24:38 The verse above has been on my heart and my mind frequently over this past year. For many of us, it has been a year full of troubles: a global pandemic…