Farmer Don and the bureaucrats
Don Kruger's farm operation on Sauvie Island -- and some of the events he holds on his property to make farming feasible -- have been getting a bit of a hassle from Multnomah County. It's good that the county is keeping an eye on the island, but some of ...

Coyotes Howl
Back when all the trees were standing before the 2007 storm I could occasionally hear the howl of coyotes in the distance. Sometimes they sounded closer and sometimes I’d see them or their scat on my trails. However lately I’ve been hearing them several times every evening and ...

Sartre’s Atheism Once Again
Saturday Despite having posted on this twice recently in A Note on Sartre’s Atheism and More on Sartre’s Atheism, I haven’t yet finished with this (as though one could ever be finished with an idea!). I have, in a couple of posts, quoted a line from Sartre’s “Existentialism is a ...

Oregon Basketball
Hey everyone, This is my first post on these boards, but I have been following and posting on an occasional game day chat for a couple weeks. I'm a senior in high school, and am seriously considering going to Oregon for the Sports Marketing Major. Sports are a huge part of ...

Goo goo g’joob, boo hoo
Tough times for the walruses.