Each couch by the street has a storyI wonder what this one maybeDid they leave their home and move into a carOr find a sofa to sleep on at a friend’s houseDid they stay near, or go far awayDisappear without a trace […]When they come to evict your neighbor, what will you do? — “Each …
Dr. Sarah Crozier operates Crozier Veterinary Services: In-home Pawspice and End-of-Life Care. (Photo courtesy of Sarah Crozier) Opinion | An Oregon veterinarian brings comfort to pet owners when it’s time to say goodbye FINDING FRINGE | Sarah Crozier’s compassion and career are only part of her story. Her roots and her evolution are just as …
oh the act of deactivating, the process of disconnecting, the very process of uncluttering the brain — bye-bye Facebook — Emancipation! Some might say we are caught in a fun-house . . . or caught in a psych ward. I have more and more people in my sphere — work, friends, email world, Facebook world, …
A Million and One Ideas that Would Transform The Globe by Paul Haeder / November 1st, 2020 Writing is not a searching about in the daily experience for apt similes and pretty thoughts and images… It is not a conscious recording of the day’s experiences ‘freshly and with the appearance of reality’… The writer of …
Barbara Lee: I’m very terrified with regard to what we see taking place. And the signs are there. When you talk about shutting down the media, putting out their alternative facts, banning dissent and opposition, criticizing people who are exercising their First Amendment rights; trying to get people to believe, really, the distortions that they’re …
there is no “most prestigious environmental prize” if the poor young people aren’t leading the charge “I also know that one must do what one can do. No matter how little it is, it is nonetheless a human testimony and human testimonies, as long as they are not based on greed or personal ambition for …
Eternal Impunity of Capitalism’s Crimes Agent Orange, a fifty-fifty mix of the n-butyl esters 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) by Paul Haeder / October 7th, 2020 The very idea of War Being a Racket penetrates so deeply into capitalism’s flair for murder by a thousand cuts, a thousand miles in a Corvair, a thousand sips …
Author Wallace Kaufman lives on on Poole Slough in Lincoln County, Ore. (Photo by Paul K. Haeder) Opinion | FINDING FRINGE | A traveler and a writer, Wallace Kaufman is a naturalist at heart by Paul K. Haeder | 30 Sep 2020 I answer my call of duty — to find the most interesting and outside-the-box people for this …
daring to call the entire Western Capitalist Crime Syndicate what it is – Left/Right/Center Thuggery by Paul Haeder / September 24th, 2020 First, the reality on the ground – I am still working, losing billable hours weekly as my contract with an “anti-poverty/social capital” organization winds down. This is with a non-profit that is pushing …
The sky glows bright red in Salem hours before sunset Tuesday, Sept. 8. The Beechie Creek Fire in Marion County was burning about 30 miles to the east. (Photo by Monica Kwasnik) Opinion | Fire. Evacuations. What next? As we confront our new normal, we’re still searching for a society designed to protect people by Paul …
