With Donald Trump attempting to kill anything that looks like green energy in America, part of his nostalgic politics of the 1950s, when Men Were Men and American Cars Got 8 Miles to the Gallon Like It Should Be, it's hard to see much good...
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This is the grave of James Withycombe. Born in 1854 in Tavistock, West Devon, England, Withycombe and his family migrated to Oregon in 1871, buying a farm near Hillsboro, which.
Oregon released its latest report on the state of the wolf population in its borders. It's looking good. You can read the whole PDF here. The minimum known count of.
Another reason why I reject the current liberal world of "let's all just be the big tent and talk about the insane orange man and focus on the next election" is that it completely ignores the longer term power issues that must be fixed if...
One thing every single Democrat needs to get behind are project labor agreements, which mean that union labor is used for building state projects. This exists in Rhode Island and.
Biden has been so quiet since the election, other than pardoning Hunter. Well, whatever about that, I say. But he still has an opportunity to make a difference. In some.
This is the grave of Jason Lee. Born in 1803 in Stanstead, Quebec, Lee was the youngest of 14 siblings. He was poor and by 1816 he was on his own, working to support himself. In 1826, Lee had a conversion experience and became a...
When I do research in newspapers, I find what I am looking for, but you also get distracted by all sorts of things. For example, I was looking in Oregon.
I am somewhat ambivalent about the case where the Court decided that Grants Pass, Oregon could bar people from sleeping outdoors in the city. This case split usual allies, as.
This is the grave of Ben Olcott. Born in 1872 in Keithsburg, Illinois, he grew up out there and then moved to Chicago after high school. In 1891, he decided to head to Oregon and ended up in Salem. There, he became roommates and buddies...
This is the grave of Douglas McKay. Born in 1893 in Portland, Oregon, McKay grew up pretty poor and had to drop out of school to work. But he really.
This is the grave of Oswald West. Born in 1873 in Guelph, Ontario, West grew up in Salem, Oregon, where his family moved around 1877. He went to the local.