When “Liberty” Requires More Government
The Flock camera debate started as a legitimate argument about government surveillance. Now some want government to protect us from...
Opinion
Salem Man Arrested After SWAT Search Uncovers Fentanyl, Firearms
SALEM, Ore. — A 35-year-old Salem man was arrested Thursday morning after Salem Police SWAT officers executed a search warrant...
A Fire Oregon Refuses to See.
A Spokane man is being held on $1 million bond, accused of deliberately starting the Old Trails Fire near Airway...
Oregon’s Economic Plan: Lose the Factory, Block the Future
Oregon Is Closed For Business: Kotek Blocks a $5.1 Billion Future as 375 Jobs Cut Only in Oregon can 84...
Only You Can Prevent the Next Big Burn
How Forestry Science Deniers Put Oregon’s Forests—and Communities—at Risk Timothy Egan’s The Big Burn is more than the story of...
McHaddad: Clean Air is Overrated
... And so is public school funding. Why bother with either? With the Air Quality Index in Union County this...
The Transformation of the Democratic Party
The progressive left claims Republicans invented a frightening caricature of Democrats. The party’s own platform suggests otherwise.Murry Evans recently accused...
Some Choose Homelessness, Some Do Not
There is a myth about homelessness that deserves some attention. Some people claim that “Nobody chooses to be homeless,” and...
Oregon’s Top-Ten List of Failures
Forty years of promises. Ten ugly report cardsOregon is one of the most beautiful places in America. Mountains, rivers, coastlines,...
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...
Voices From the Sidewalk: The Problem with Shelters
In my community, we have two homeless shelters. One is a low-barrier shelter and the other a high-barrier shelter. At...
THE ANATOMY OF THE CON: WHY MR. LEHMAN MATTERS
If you are a reader of Right Now Oregon, you might be looking at Mr. Hartley’s incredibly thorough, straight-down-the-middle reporting...
Voices From the Sidewalk: The Ratio of Help as it Relates to Homelessness
Homeless shelters rarely have the adequate amount of staffing needed to provide meaningful help for shelter residents. An example of...
Voices From the Sidewalk: Harm Reduction Has Killed Many
For several years now, the harm reduction model has been used to treat those who are homeless. Harm reduction includes...
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...
Listen – Crosstabs Podcast: Technical Difficulties
It’s a week until primary election day which means there’s still no results! Bryan and Reagan discuss Bernie Sanders, Gov....
Listen – Crosstabs Podcast: Reagan Can’t Stop Ranting
Trump backed candidates destroy in Indiana Ballot returns are starting to come in. Update on primaries. The link above gets...
Voices From the Sidewalk: Chronically Abused During Homelessness Circumstance
Something nobody touches on when discussing our unhoused population is the fact that people who are vulnerable and women especially,...
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...
Billionaires Don’t Pay Taxes. They Collect Them.
The uncomfortable truth hiding behind the “tax the rich” bumper sticker. There is a political fairy tale that refuses to...
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...
Category Errors in the Scorched Zone: Performative Outrage as an Antidote to Survival
My editors at Right Now Oregon recently forwarded me a Truth Social post by Mr. Trump attacking our Alte Rechte...
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...
Voices From the Sidewalk: When Sheltering the Homeless Becomes “Warehousing People”
Homeless shelters rarely have the adequate amount of staffing needed to provide meaningful help for shelter residents. An example of...