We live in abnormal, unsettling times. The type of times that define civilizations. Are we seeing the decline of America,…

Dear Congressman Walden: Shutting down part of the federal government because of a wall that the majority of Americans don’t…

Published as a Letter to the Editor in Hood River News, December 19, 2018 I extend my congratulations to congressman…

Amidst controversy and divisiveness, America voted on November 6. Democrats won a decisive victory in the US House and in…

It is November 6. In a few hours, we will know who will lead the country at local, state and…

In an open letter to long-term congressman Greg Walden (R-OR2), last January (“Seek Common Ground,” Hood River News), I explained…

Shorter versions of this article were published as Letters to the Editor in the Herald and News (Nov 1, 2018) and Hood…

See Disclaimer. This article was originally written in the sequence of the Pittsburg tragedy. But Jeffersontown and Pittsburg are tragedies within…

There are in America “wedge” issues that inflame passions and fears, while defying rational dialogue. Solving these issues requires will,…

A version of this article was published as a Letter to the Editor in the Hood River News, under the…