Opinions From Around Oregon
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…
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…
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…
Worshiping the Pointy Stick: The Tribalism of Ignorance and the Ignorance of Tribalism
If you’re a writer (and you are exceedingly fortunate), you might write one thing in your life that captures…
On Assignment: The Sulla Precedent: A Dispatch from the Scorched Zone on ‘Route 66 Tourism’ and ‘Orange Man Bad’
I am blessed with more worldly and sophisticated friends than I deserve. And some (but by no means all)…
Voices From the Sidewalk: Oregon’s Mental Health System is Failing
In Oregon, we need a complete overhaul of our mental health system. In 2025, according to Sheriff Duncan, Linn County…
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…
Beyond the Guilt Grift – A Report from the Scorched Zone on the Japanese-American Bromance
As he works feverishly to liberate X from the Scourge of the Bots, Mr. Musk recently deployed a capability on…
Voices From the Sidewalk: Forced Treatment Would Save Lives
It was an early day in Spring when I arrived at C.H.A.N.C.E. (Community Helping Addicts Negotiate Change Effectively) and heard…
Voices From the Sidewalk: A Challenging Case Ends in Tragedy
As a former case manager at a homeless shelter, I learned much about what works and what doesn’t work when…
The Family Business — Oregon’s Quiet Cartel
It starts with a paycheck. A slice goes to dues. Those dues turn into campaign cash, endorsements, and political muscle.…
The Unspoken Truth About Homelessness and Trauma
The traumas that go along with homelessness are something we rarely speak of. As someone who experienced homelessness first hand,…
The Substack Scouts and the Actual Adversary: A Field Report for “On Assignment” from the Scorched Zone
Those of us who care about the maximization of Individual Autonomy in a manner not inconsistent with the Common…
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…
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…
The Fringes Have Merged: A Response to Helen Andrews’s Compact Essay “America Needs a Better Meritocracy”
Within the echo chambers of both the Woke-Left and the Neues Rechte, ideology controls. And by “ideology,” I mean a…
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