The Disappearing Voter
“A registered voter who doesn’t vote isn’t participating—they’re spectating.” Oregon doesn’t have a voter suppression problem. It has a voter...
Ben’s Viewpoint
The Family Business — Oregon’s Quiet Cartel
Let me tell you a story, not the one you get in campaign mailers with smiling candidates and soft promises...
Apathy Is the Real Threat to Oregon Elections
Two competing strategies, one shared goal, and a growing problem we’re creating ourselves There are two very different conversations unfolding...
Stop Calling It Rigged: You’re Talking Yourself Into Losing
I spent about a half hour watching a Veritasium YouTube video breaking down the history of credit card security, and...
The Shirley Syndrome: Stop Waiting for a Hero
“Wouldn’t it be great if Nick Shirley showed up in Oregon?” That’s the sentiment making the rounds right now. While...
One Leader, One Manager, and One Megaphone
Saturday night in Coos Bay, the Republican candidates for Oregon governor stepped onto the stage to make their case to...
The Island That Could Break the Iranian Regime
Trump Saw the Pressure Point 40 Years Ago For all the noise in the current war between Iran and the...
More Than Headlines: A New Media Look at Oregon’s Governor Candidates
In an age of shrinking attention spans and shrinking newsrooms, Oregon voters often get their political information in small, edited...
Oil, Ayatollahs, and the Fight for Iranian Women
How a Cold War chess move ignited decades of conflict — and why Trump may have triggered a historic pivot....
You Can’t Tax Your Way to Affordable
The Legislature has passed Oregon Senate Bill 1507 forcing taxpayers to add back and pay state income tax on federal deductions and exclusions...
Did Salem Just Catch a Little Fetterman Fever?
One Democrat Sneezes… and Suddenly the Supermajority Reaches for Cold Medicine.SB1599 was all dressed up this morning, sitting on the...
Republicans Walk Out to Stop the Rig
Who Is Defacing Democracy in Oregon? There are moments in politics when the spin falls away and the raw mechanics...
Where Is Oregon’s Fetterman Moment?
So let’s get this straight: tens of thousands of Oregonians sign a certified referendum. Thousands of people take time out...
They Took Your Signatures… Now They Want to Rewrite the Deal
A certified November vote, pushed into a partisan May election. Oregonians did exactly what the law says to do.They gathered...
Audit the Machine — Then Let Oregon Build
Fix the books, clear the land, and put Oregonians back on the path to homeownership. Something is off in Oregon’s...
Fear, Federal Law, and the Fight for Our Local Sanity
What a small-town meeting in Albany says about a national problemI spent an hour and forty minutes sitting through the...
Politics Isn’t a Celebrity All-Star Game
Dudley Enters the Game, but Who’s Sponsoring This SeasonBreaking news out of the political sports desk Monday: former NBA center...
Hydropower, Hard Science, and the High Cost of Oregon’s Energy Amnesia
Most Oregonians never knew it, but for decades one of this state’s greatest strategic assets was not timber, not salmon,...
Oregon Republicans Need a Governor, Not a Do-Over
Oregon Can’t Afford Another Almost, Another Influencer, or Another Do-Over Oregon is not a red state waiting to be “activated.”...
When Protest Becomes Insurrection
The Cost of Political Incitement I wanted to take a measured approach before weighing in on the rising tensions in...
The Most Dangerous Myth in Oregon Elections Isn’t Fraud — It’s Misinformation
How misunderstanding voter rolls is doing more damage than any fraud ever did Oregon is back in the headlines over...
Before Paddle Season Starts, Fix the Paddle Permit
While Oregonians were busy arguing about housing costs, transportation funding, and the latest budget scare tactic, something smaller floated quietly...
The Great Oregon Snap-Back
Pothole Path to Nowhere, Part IV Oregonians know this scene by heart. The governor sets the football on the tee.She...
The Myth of the “Gun-Free Zone”
Fallacy of the Community Safety Firearms Act (Senate Bill 243) You are flying out for a trip, arrive at the...
Whimsy Is Not a Waiver
How Portland Media Softens Antifa’s Record of Violence The frog costume is memorable. That much is undeniable. In a city...