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The recession of 2008 hit some states earlier than others, and the state we'd moved to seven years before was one of them. Oregon fell on hard times, my husband was laid off and he & I were struggling to juggle part-time jobs with caring for two young...

Please have a wonderful holiday with your family and friends.� I think mine will be little different. We are home! I wrote this Wednesday after they said �they are�sending us home. �Bill is holding ...

It is probably a safe bet that a gallon of ketchup hit the wall when Trump heard that his billionaire real estate buddy Steve Witkoff was dissing him in his leaked conversation with the Russians (see below). How many scaramuccis before Trump claims he...

For today, just some calming, contemplative music… multicultural, by one of our master composers.  Happy Holidays to all, from all cultures and backgrounds!  Hope you had a great  Rosh Chodesh ...

Greetings one and all. I hope you all are safe and well. I’m sorry to say that I’ve got a bit of a personal medical issue that our awesome public health system is addressing promptly, but it may ...

"I don't regard Putin as a bad guy." — U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff Rep. Jim Hines (D-CT) has called the latest Witkoff/Rubio kerfuffle a “Goat Rodeo” What does goat rodeo mean? A goat rodeo is a slang term for something going totally,...

This is just...beneath pathetic. As reported by Chris Cameron and Maxine Joselow, writing for the New York Times: The Trump administration will raise prices and add new fees next year for international tourists visiting national parks, the latest...

What if every state did the Transparent Election Initiative to negate the pernicious effects of Citizens United and its political action committee grifting down by the dental floss bush. Every state, whether via legislators or ballot initiatives, has...

Randall Munroe, creator of the XKCD comic strip, published this comic yesterday titled “Fifteen Years.” This comic is the fourth one in a series since 2012 - 2012: Two Years, 2017: Seven Years 2020: Ten Years 2020: Fifteen Years Parts of the previous...

Ukraine says it agrees with much of the provisions of the revised peace plan that Europeans have developed. Russia says Ни за что. It seems to me that Ukraine agreeing to limit the size of the armed forces to 800k is not much of a concession since...