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March 28, 2019

March Cheers & Jeers

March certainly held true to the “in like a lion, out like a lamb” saying this year. With spring flowers popping up all over town and the recent warm weather, it’s hard to believe we were battling snow and ice just a few weeks ago.

March 21, 2019

Police in schools article a jumping-off point

One of the first things you learn in any decent journalism degree program is that journalists, whether they work for a national television outlet or a tiny community newspaper, must operate according to the Journalists Code of Ethics.

March 21, 2019

Student debt draining retiree income

Lots is written about students exiting college saddled with hefty student loans; however, the impact on retired parents went largely unnoticed.

March 7, 2019

With women coaches we all win

Having been a shy bookworm who grew up in a football-obsessed town just 30 minutes away from Penn State University during its “JoePa” heyday — when legendary coach Joe Paterno led the team to two national championships in 1982 and 1986 — I’ve always had an urge to run in the other direction (preferably straight to the closest library) when confronted by people’s in-your-face enthusiasm for sports.

February 28, 2019

A peace prayer for Patriot Prayer

Last Sunday evening, a small group of folks from the congregation I pastor — Camas Friends Church — joined me in a prayer vigil across the street from the Patriot Prayer rally in Washougal. We held candles and prayed silently, mourning victims of gun violence. Those present with me believe the rhetoric and rallies of Patriot Prayer put vulnerable and marginalized folks in danger. We hoped our quiet presence might testify to a broader set of concerns than those being expressed across the street — to something even more fundamentally crucial than felt constitutional rights.