McHaddad: Oregon Cities are Fading Out
"I'm faded out... And it's not getting better." These lyrics from the Asking Alexandria/Within Temptation song "Faded Out" described the...
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McHaddad: Should We Do Something?
Years ago after a mass shooting, I had an embittered response: "Should we do something? No? Ok, nothing it is."...
McHaddad: Union County League of Women Voters is Rocking 2026
This week I participated in a campaign forum in La Grande host by the Union County League of Women Voters....
McHaddad: The Hippies Come for Matt Scarfo
Another day, another hippie happy dance over a battered conservative public servant. Why go after a rural elected official who...
McHaddad: Democrats Spend Big on Green Candidate Josiah Dean Who Openly Mocks Them
Political campaigns are like camouflage jackets: everybody in Eastern Oregon owns one, but most of us only wear it to...
McHaddad: Ain’t Never Had a Friend Like Bentz
Supporting Cliff Bentz for Congress when he announced in 2020 was a no-brainer, and it remains an easy choice to...
Right Now Oregon Interviews Caleb Ticer for Senate District 6
Libertarian Caleb Ticer joins Right Now Oregon to talk about his campaign for Senate District 6. Learn more about Ticer...
McHaddad: Jim Doherty and Hank Sanders Join the Cyrus Javadi Caucus
Selling your soul for policies that makes life worse for your community is an interesting political gambit, and State Representative...
McHaddad: Lying About Christine Drazan’s Record, So Hot Right Now
Fall election season means an endless stream of political ads. Political ads are like noses: every candidate's got one, and...
McHaddad: Clean Air is Overrated
... And so is public school funding. Why bother with either? With the Air Quality Index in Union County this...
McHaddad: What Oregon Republicans can Learn from Zohran Mamdani
"While you were partying, I studied the blade." This 10-year-old Internet meme pokes fun a eschewing mainstream hobbies for developing...
McHaddad: Campaigning in Drag
The great RuPaul once sang, "We're all born naked and the rest is drag." The song must play on repeat...
McHaddad: Republicans Need to Avoid the Dennis Richardson Trap
The last Republican to win a statewide election in Oregon was Dennis Richardson. In 2016, the former legislator and one-time...
McHaddad: Supporting Commissioner Matt Scarfo for Another Term is Easy
I met Matt Scarfo 8 years ago when he was running for County Commissioner and I was the manager of...
McHaddad: The Oregonian Needs to Take Remedial Classes
Every once and a while I read a legacy media hitpiece that short circuits my brain. The hippies at The...
McHaddad: Silence, Cities – a Dentist is Talking About the Gas Tax
I love budget season, and I am thankful for the State's existing gas tax. Elgin is an important tourism hub...
McHaddad: CD5 Voters Deserve Honesty from Candidates
Oregon's 5th Congressional District is a notoriously purple constituency, represented for over a decade by NRA-endorsed Democrat Kurt Schrader. Former...
McHaddad: Reflections on Candidate Visits to Elgin
When you manage the day-to-day affairs of a town of 1,800 people hours away from recognizable metropolitan areas, you get...
McHaddad: Oh No, a Rural State Legislator Did Something (Not) Bad Again!
Rules for thee but not for me, that is the rule of the day in Oregon's legacy media. Another principle...
McHaddad: The Peace President Goes to War
Several months ago I wrote an editorial entitled, "President Trump is Waging Peace Across the World." At the time, the...
McHaddad: The Left Found Their New Man in House District 57 – Recalled Morrow County Commissioner Jim Doherty
House District 57 is the rural heartland of Oregon's patriotic agricultural sector. Ten years ago, someone posited to me that...
McHaddad: Moving the Gas Tax Ballot Measure to May Reeks of Political Cowardice
I submitted the testimony below in opposition to SB 1599, which attempts to move the referendum on the gas tax...
McHaddad: Oh No, Lego Man is in the Epstein Files!
The final tranche of the Epstein Files has been released, and resulting allegations of misconduct against figures ranging from New...
RIP, Van Winkle: Thanks for Saving the Gas Tax Referendum
Isaac Homer Van Winkle was Attorney General of the State of Oregon for 23 years, born 5 years after Abraham...
McHaddad: Fools Rush in on Greenland
I regularly ask candidates for federal office about their stance on Puerto Rican statehood (which Puerto Ricans have voted YES...