ENDORSEMENT: Measures 82 and 83 — No | Private casinos could be harmful to Oregon


ENDORSEMENT: Measures 82 and 83 — No | Private casinos could be harmful to Oregon. As we transition into October and thus the stretch run for the assorted campaigns, publications will start letting us know how they think we should cast our votes.  My assumption is regardless of what state you live in, this is …

Election Rundown


The political dialog has all but died only 48 hours since the 2012 Tribal Council election results were concluded. I don’t know why. Any guesses would include that the overly hopeful candidates who didn’t win are deflated. Voters rallying for change could be equally so, as the only two incumbents who ran were the top …

East, Part 1


Now nearly three months ago, I hopped aboard an airplane bound for Budapest, Hungary, which also happens to be one of my favorite cities on the planet.  A little more than ten years had passed since the last time I visited the Eastern European capitol.  In 2002, as in 2012, my final destination was Ukraine, …